Mothers And Fathers

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We found that everything we know
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was counting that the ground moves passionate and slow
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we sung a couple honest parables of promise
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Hearing words we all missed
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that change how they all go

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We chose a direction and we ran
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We saw a way to bargain with everything we had
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We sung a broken series of metaphors and theories
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Screaming “can you hear these,
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Tell us we’re not mad”


[Chorus]
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then the thunder and water was making us shout
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“guess we’re mothers and fathers, we’ll figure it out”
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Stay in bed a bit more
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we ain’t found some new shore


[Verse 2]
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We froze in place like it was true
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We knew the world had just changed but nothing on it moved
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We sung our favorite questions that felt more like confessions
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Dodging all the lessons
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That we already knew

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We fought the weather and the stars
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We threatened every fortune that wasn’t in the cards
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We sung about our gravestones, crossing different timezones
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People in our old phones
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and not caring where they are


[Chorus]
D        Bm          Em        A         D
then the thunder and water was making us shout
             Bm          Em             A         D
“guess we’re mothers and fathers, we’ll figure it out”
        F#        G
Stay in bed a bit more
         Bm             Em       A
we ain’t found some new shore


[Bridge]
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and I, oh I’m trusting in an ancient thing
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and I, I gotta be fine holding on a single string
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tied to everything
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tied to everything


[Verse 3]
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We’ll mourn for everything we know
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we’ll wonder if the sky moves passionate and slow
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We’ll sing a song of leaving, laughing while we’re grieving
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happy to be breathing
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and certain that we’ll grow


[Chorus]
D        Bm          Em         A           D
then the thunder and water will make us all shout
             Bm          Em             A         D
“guess we’re mothers and fathers, we’ll figure it out”
        F#        G
Stay in bed a bit more
         Bm             Em
we ain’t found some new shore
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oh no