Fish Hooks

from In It to Win It! by The Tundra Toes

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lyrics

Well I-I-I
I've watched this world begin
As these prickled hairs on my neck
Build tiny gallows on my skin
And I've pitched a silhouette
He sings and dances in the light
And I've cursed at all these angels
But they're standin' here tonight
And I'm made of stone

And my father was a piston
He had ashes in his eyes
And when a bomb went off in the back of his head
he went pop, my god, he died
Oh but whoa-oh-oh, hey, that's the way it goes
And you don't call yourself a martyr
When you've got confetti in your soul

You sing la-da da-da da-da
La-da-da-da-da
You sing la
You go la-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
You sing la
You go la-da-da-da-da

Through tangles in the moonlight
His voice still cuts the air
And he's been always telling me,
"My son, you've gotta make it on your own
And if you wallow in your misery,
You're nothing but those brittle bones"
So my tentacles at midnight
Retract under the stairs
And I've been always running, always running
Always running all along
'Cause if you agitate the mountain, well
The boulders, they will fall
If you agitate the mountain, well
The boulders, they will fall
They will fall

I've been throwing fish hooks at the mountaintops
To search for a higher power
'Cause you don't fish for god
When you are kneeling like a coward
And whoa-oh, oh-oh-oh,
Hey, that's the way it goes
And you don't call yourself a martyr
When you've got confetti in your soul

You sing la-da da-da da-da
La-da-da-da-da
You sing la
You go la-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
You sing la
You go la-da-da-da-da

La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
You sing la
You go la-da-da-da-da

La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
You sing la
You go la-da-da-da-da

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from In It to Win It!, released July 4, 2009
Featuring:
Mike Grippi - Vocals

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