Anthem

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The birds they sang, at the break of day

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Start again, I heard them say

Don't dwell, on what has passed away

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or what is yet to be

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Oh the wars, they will be fought again

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The holy dove, she will be caught again

Bought and sold, and bought again

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The dove is never free

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack, in everything

That's how the light gets in

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We asked for signs, the signs were sent:

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The birth betrayed, the marriage spent

Yeah, the widowhood, of every government -

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Signs for all to see

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And I can't run no more, with the lawless crowd

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While the killers in high places say their prayers out loud

But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud

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They're gonna hear from me

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack, in everything

That's how the light gets in

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That's how the light gets in

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You can add up the parts, but you won't have the sum

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You can strike up the march, there is no drum

Every heart, every heart to love will come,

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But like a refugee

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack, in everything

That's how the light gets in

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That's how the light gets in

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That's how the light gets in