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Of Montreal – The Past Is A Grotesque Animal Lyrics

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The past is a grotesque animal
And in its eyes you see
How completely wrong you can be
How completely wrong you can be
The sun is out, it melts the snow that fell yesterday
Makes you wonder why it bothered

I fell in love with the first cute girl that I met
Who could appreciate George Bataille
Standing at a Swedish festival discussing Story of the Eye
Discussing Story of the Eye

Its so embarrassing to need someone like I do you
How can I explain? I need you here and not here too
How can I explain? I need you here and not here too

Im flunking out, Im flunking out
Im gone, Im just gone
But at least I author my own disaster
At least I author my own disaster

Performance breakdown, and I dont want to hear it
Im just not available
Things could be different, but theyre not
Oh-oh-oh
Things could be different, but theyre not

The mousy girl screams, Violence! Violence!
The mousy girl screams, Violence! Violence!
She gets hysterical ooh, ooh, ooh
Cause theyre both so mean ooh, ooh, ooh
And its my favorite scene ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

But the crueltys so predictable, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
It makes you sad on the stage ooh, ooh, ooh
Though our love project has so much potential ooh, ooh, ooh
But its like we werent made for this world ooh, ooh, ooh
And though I wouldnt really want to meet someone who was
Ooh, ooh, ooh
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Do I have to scream in your face? ooh, ooh, ooh
Ive been dodging lamps and vegetables ooh, ooh, ooh
Throw it all in my face, I dont care Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Lets just have some fun, lets tear this shit apart
Lets tear the fucking house apart ooh, ooh, ooh
Lets tear our fucking bodies apart ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Lets just have some fun ooh, ooh, ooh
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Somehow youve red-rovered the gestapo circling my heart
And nothing can defeat you ooh, ooh, ooh
No death, no ugly world oh, ooh, ooh

Youve lived so brightly ooh, ooh, ooh
Youve altered everything ooh, ooh, ooh
I find myself searching for old selves
While speeding forward through the plate glass of maturing cells

Ooh, ooh, ooh
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Ive played the unraveler ooh, ooh, ooh
The parhelion ooh, ooh, ooh
But even apocalypse is fleeting ooh, ooh, ooh
Theres no death, no ugly world ooh, ooh, ooh

Sometimes I wonder ooh, ooh, ooh
If youre mythologizing me like I do you ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, if youre mythologizing me like I do you
Ooh, ooh, ooh

We want our film to be beautiful, not realistic ooh, ooh, ooh
Perceive me in the radiance of terror dreams ooh, ooh, ooh
You can betray me ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh
You can ooh, ooh, ooh
You can, you can betray me ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Teach me something wonderful ooh, ooh, ooh
Crown my head, crowd my head with your lilting effects
Project your fears on to me ooh, ooh, ooh
I need to view them ooh, ooh, ooh
See theres nothing to them ooh, ooh, ooh
I promise you theres nothing to them ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Im so touched by your goodness ooh, ooh, ooh
You make me feel so criminal ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
How do you keep it together? ooh, ooh, ooh
Im all, all unraveled ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

But you know, no matter where we are ooh, ooh, ooh
Were always touching by underground wires ooh, ooh, ooh

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Ive explored you with the detachment of an analyst ooh, ooh, ooh
But most nights, weve raided the same kingdoms ooh, ooh, ooh
And none of our secrets are physical ooh, ooh, ooh
None of our secrets are physical ooh, ooh, ooh
None of our secrets are physical now ooh, ooh, ooh

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