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12 August 2012

Upside Down

When I look at the world upside down
everyone's hair sticks up
and all the money fall out of their pockets
fools are a thing of the future,
growing up is a thing of the past.

People stick to the earth without taking it for granted;
we could fall off at any moment, really,
there's something attractive going on here.

When I look at the world upside down
the sky seeps from the ground,
the ground was here first, not what we put on it
and the ones who reach into the dirt are
closest to heaven.

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