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Artist: Bon Iver
Track: Wash

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Climb
Is all we know
When thaw
Is not below us
No, can't grow up
In that iron ground
Claire, all too sore for sound

Bet
Is hardly shown
Scraped
Across the foam
Like they stole it
And oh, how they hold it
Claire, we nearly forfeit

I, I'm growing like the quickening hues
I, I'm telling darkness from lines on you
Over havens fora full and swollen morass, young habitat
All been living alone, where the ice snap and the hold clast are known

Home
We're savage high
Come
We finally cry
Oh and we don it
Because it's right
Claire, I was too sore for sight

I, we're sewing up through the latchet greens
I, un-peel keenness, honey, bean for bean
Same white pillar tone as with the bone street sand is thrown where she stashed us at
All been living alone, where the cracks at in the low part of the stoning
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Bon Iver – Wash.
[Verse 1] / Climb / Is all we know / When thaw / Is not below us / No, can't grow up / In that iron ground / Claire, all too sore for sound / [Verse 2] / Bet / Is hardly shown
Bon Iver – Wash. (AIR Studios – 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session)
[Intro] / "Wash." take three / [Verse 1: Justin Vernon] / Climb / Is all we know / When thaw / Is not below us / No, can't grow up / In that iron ground / Claire, all too sore for
Bon Iver – Wash. (Dan Huiting & Adam Rucinski Remix)
Climb / Is all we know / When thaw / Is not below us / No, can't grow up / In that iron ground / Claire, all too sore for sound / Bet / Is hardly shown / Scraped / Across the foam
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Bon Iver "Wash.": Climb Is all we know When thaw Is not below us No, can't grow up In that iron ground Claire, all too...
Genius Q&A
Q:When did Bon Iver release “Wash.”?
Bon Iver released “Wash.” on June 17, 2011.
Q:When did Bon Iver release “Wash. - St. South Remix”?
Bon Iver released “Wash. - St. South Remix” on October 2, 2012.
Q:Who produced “Wash. (AIR Studios – 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session)” by Bon Iver?
“Wash. (AIR Studios – 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session)” by Bon Iver was produced by Justin Vernon.
Q:When did Bon Iver release “Wash. (Dan Huiting & Adam Rucinski Remix)”?
Bon Iver released “Wash. (Dan Huiting & Adam Rucinski Remix)” on October 2, 2012.
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Bon Iver - Wash. translation in Italian
Italian translation of lyrics for Wash. by Bon Iver. Climb Is all we know When thaw Is not below us No, can′t grow up In that iron ground Clair...
Bon Iver - Wash. translation in French
French translation of lyrics for Wash. by Bon Iver. Climb Is all we know When thaw Is not below us No, can′t grow up In that iron ground Clair...
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Letra de Wash. de Bon Iver. Climb Is all we know When thaw Is not below us No, can′t grow up In that iron ground Clair...
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