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up to zion

from secrets replete by noah mclaughlin

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Leonard Cohen is my hero, and this is the best of my lyrics that he has inspired. This song was also born in a rusting Steel City. It's always been my surrender and my hallelujah.

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when Leonard spoke of that secret chord
that David played and it pleased the lord
well, i knew exactly the modulation
and when he said hallelujah and praised the skies
praised Vienna, and praised your thighs
yes, i knew the pitch of the ululation

and every time you come into my bed
you bring me back from the dead
i am your Lazarus, you are my savior
and i will perch upon Golgotha in your place
as you fling your sacrifice into space
but you know there ain't really no excuse for my behavior

in the darkest corner of your mind
there is something that only i can find
it’s hidden there - deep within your dreams
it’s nothing that you have ever thought
but it is something sold and something bought
and it ain’t ever exactly what it seems

so take your paradise in hand
give it color, give it sand
and watch it rise high above the horizon
and from your lonely wooden tower now
watch the world as its men all drown
and take your loving victim up to Zion

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from secrets replete, released September 13, 2011

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Appalachian distortion, folk samples, and ancient myths.

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