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Artist: Soundgarden
Track: 4th of July

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Shower in the dark day
Clean sparks diving down
Cool in the waterway
Where the baptized drown
Naked in the cold sun
Breathing life like fire
Thought I was the only one
But that was just a lie

'Cause I heard it in the wind
And I saw it in the sky
And I thought it was the end
And I thought it was the fourth of July

Pale in the flare light
The scared light cracks and disappears
And leads the scorched ones here
And everywhere no one cares
The fire is spreading
And no one wants to speak about it
Down in the hole
Jesus tries to crack a smile
Beneath another shovel load

'Cause I heard it in the wind
And I saw it in the sky
And I thought it was the end
And I thought it was the fourth of July

Heard it in the wind
And I saw it in the sky
And I thought it was the end
And I thought it was the fourth of July
Fourth of July, July

Now I'm in control
Now I'm in the fall out
Once asleep but now I stand
And I still remember your sweet everything
Light a roman candle
And hold it in your hand

Heard it in the wind
And I saw it in the sky
And I thought it was the end
And I thought it was the fourth of July

Heard it in the wind
And I saw it in the sky
And I thought it was the end
And I thought it was the fourth of July, yeah
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ImYourTerror discusses the meanings of 4th of July lyrics: One's most loved and celebratory holiday is going to come full circle.. and he'll end up wishing that day never even existed and praying to himself. Haha. As we all are having our own parade/party. THE very worst nightmare was born on the 4th of July. I cannot even begin to fathom being a man/boy on his bad side. The ONLY person in the whole world I feared for anyone to encounter, on his bad side. YOU have no idea the Monster you unleashed. Worse than ANYTHING you can think of for your silly illusions. He is the definition of the actual grim reaper, with intuition and intellect almost as good as mine. So much worse than satin, I mean st ann. Always remember HE LOVES ME MORE THAN LIFE. You're going to need something to focus on.. so use that. You just never knew about this connection. I tried to allude to it and you never grasped what I was doing.
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