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The Ballad Of Speedball And The New Warriors

from Goliath Birdeater - An Excellent Example Of Terrible Craftsmanship by Goliath Birdeater

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Verse
Springdale, Connecticut son of a washed up
Soap opera actress and a lawyer
Founding member of the New Warriors Team
Everything he had and everything he
Was, blown away, he tells himself

Chorus
One of these days
I will kaleidoscope through the air
One of these days
I will free myself from the rubble I’m pinned under
One of these days
I will wear the blue and yellow again
One of these days
I will realize that I deserve better

Verse
Blown to bits, 600 dead
And counting, he’s out of his depth
There’s the unshakeable truth that if he doesn’t
Lay him down, he’ll do it first
All his friends, dead before his
Eyes, only him, he says

Chorus
One of these days
I will kaleidoscope through the air
One of these days
I will free myself from the rubble I’m pinned under
One of these days
I will wear the blue and yellow again
One of these days
I will realize that I deserve better

Verse
Forged himself a new skin
Convinced himself he needs penance, for what he did
Sold his soul to the government
Stuck between a heavy conscience, and a world on fire
But speedball he knew, that even while the
Fire climbs, you tell yourself

Chorus
One of these days
I will kaleidoscope through the air
One of these days
I will free myself from the rubble I’m pinned under
One of these days
I will wear the blue and yellow again
One of these days
I will realize that I deserve better

Outro
One of these days X4
One of these days
It’ll be over for all of you it will
It’ll be over for all of you it will
It’ll be over for all of you it will
(Repeated until end of song)

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from Goliath Birdeater - An Excellent Example Of Terrible Craftsmanship, released December 21, 2020

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