Upon Viewing Oregons Landscape With The Flood Of Detritus

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I saw somebody die out upon the road today
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I felt lives dissolve on side-streets as that head hit the highway
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I see first responders rush in as a white plume dissipates
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Trying to pull their will to power from the flames

[Verse 2]
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Now there's miles of angry motorists stretched as far as eyes can see
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There are a billion breathing beings each with schedules to keep
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They get a long look at the tow truck as they sit and grit their teeth
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Hating that which comes between them and their coffee

[Verse 3]
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I'm on that ribbon highway and I've seen some sickening things
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One good kid smashed to splinters, another wicked one crowned king
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And upon the pavement, for each and every particle of glass
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There are a thousand dreams never to come to pass

[Chorus]
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Because dreams can't be, nor people, indeed, built to last, built to last
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Built to last, built to last. Built to last, built to last.
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Built to last, built to last. Built to last, built to last.
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Built to last, built to last. Built to last, built to last.

[Verse 4]
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I've adored every inch of this country through the same dirty windshield
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Peeking through blotches of the blood of bugs towards the Elysian Fields
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Behold my brother's beautiful babies! It's obvious to see
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The world's been making plans to go on without me

[Verse 5]
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I gave my youth to yelling at rivers that refused to flood with angry tears
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Now abundant beers await to erase redundant years
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So there's nothing for me to do now but turn the radio up loud
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Put Eric's sunglasses back on and black it out

[Verse 6]
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Now I'm writing manifestos on old B.O.A. receipts
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I know it only is alfresco when I take meals in the streets
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There was promise in these pages once, now they rot under the rain
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Of their wisdom, all that remains are stains

[Chorus 2]
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Because, just like me, they were made to be thrown away, thrown away.
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Thrown away, thrown away. Thrown away, thrown away.
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Thrown away, thrown away. Thrown away, thrown away.
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Thrown away, thrown away. Thrown away, thrown away.

[Outro]
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