Several Sins Lyrics - The Birthday Party

this is a dead letter tale 

if I could make this print talk 

you made a deep mark/deep mark on me 

and only saints say such things as these 

so I slid under the floor 

under the oak and the iron 

with you under oak and iron 

under the thick and under the thin 

where only fire grows... 

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I forgot to tell you several things - Ma 

I forgot to tell you several things - Ma 

I forgot to tell you several things - Ma 

I forgot to tell you 'bout the 7 sins 

and I spat dead letter words 

and all the breath that I own 

imprinted one word in red/I read 

and only saints say such things as these 

about the marks on your throat 

under the oak and the iron 

under the fat and the thick and the thin 

and all of that, and a few 100 more 

and only fire grow 

I heard the fire grow 

alone in the... 

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I forgot to tell you several things - Ma 

I forgot to tell you several things - Ma 

I forgot to tell you several things - Ma 

I forgot to tell you 'bout the 7 sins 

[repeat to end]