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lyrics

I was born in an onion skin, I turned the lions down
I was born in an onion skin, I found my way around
Down to my own kind in a straight line underground
I found my own kind in a straight line underground

I learned fast to tell the truth and then to hide my face
‘Cause darkness lives where all things grow,
No matter what they say
There’s no straight path to get you where you’re going
No there’s no straight path
Accept the path you’re on

I was born the final sister in a wooden room
One was green, the other yellow, all have eyes of blue
There’s no way now to return from whence we’ve come
We cannot go back or remember where we’re from

I was born in an onion skin, I turned the lions down
I was born in an onion skin, I turned the lions down

I will die among the ashes in a frozen plain
My breath will turn to storming clouds, the sky will fill with rain
There’s no straight path to get me where I’m going
There’s no straight path to get me where I’m going

I was born in an onion skin, I turned the lions down
I was born in an onion skin, I found my way around
Down to my own kind in a straight line underground
I found my own kind in a straight line underground

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from The Delicate Cycle, released January 28, 2014

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