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you knew that they were out there by the signs they'd left behind
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on old abandoned buildings just some xs and some lines
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half circles in the concrete crescents in the snow
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you could find the little beacons almost everywhere you'd go

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only people who were sick enough knew how to read them right
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i got sick when I was seventeen and I'd hunt down signs all night

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you'd listen for the voices in the generator's hum
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hang out behind the power plant and wait for them to come
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hints about their mission in the rustling of the surf
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but no secrets can be kept from you if your faith is strong enough

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only people who've been sick too long can hold on to the hope
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but some friendly ghost is listening to the prayers they learned to say at the slack end of the rope

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