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Giving up the Gun

Your sword's grown old and rusty

Burnt beneath the rising sun

It's locked up like a trophy

Forgetting all the things it's doneAnd though it's been a long time

You're right back where you started from

I see it in your eyes

That now you're giving up the gunWhen I was 17, I had wrists like steel

And I felt complete

And now my body fades behind a brass charade

And I'm obsoleteBut if the chance remained to see those better days

I'd cut the cannons down

My ears are blown to bits from all the rifle hits

But still, I crave that soundYour sword's grown old and rusty

Burnt beneath the rising sun

It's locked up like a trophy

Forgetting all the things it's doneAnd though it's been a long time

You're right back where you started from

I see it in your eyes

That now you're giving up the gunI heard you play guitar down at a city bar

Where skinheads used to fight

Your Tokugawa smile and your garbage style

Used to save the nightYou felt the coming wave, told me we'd all be brave

You said you wouldn't flinch

But in the years that passed since I saw you last

You haven't moved an inchYour sword's grown old and rusty

Burnt beneath the rising sun

It's locked up like a trophy

Forgetting all the things it's doneAnd though it's been a long time

You're right back where you started from

I see it in your eyes

That now you're giving up the gunI see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go onI see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go onI see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go onI see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go onYour sword's grown old and rusty

Burnt beneath the rising sun

It's locked up like a trophy

Forgetting all the things it's doneAnd though it's been a long time

You're right back where you started from

I see it in your eyes

That now you're giving up the gun

Songwriters

Christopher Tomson;Rostam Batmanglij;Ezra Koenig;Christopher BaioPublished by

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