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The Magnetic Fields Cover is Perfection

This is not love. This is not even worth a point of view. In Echo park I pause for effect and whisper “who are you?” They crawl out of their holes for me, and I die: you die. Hear them laugh, watch them turn on me. And I die: you die. See my scars, they call me such things. Tear me, tear me, tear me. But I have your names, screaming “you will suffer” and “you’re all too late.” Now I feel young. Does everything stop when the old dame fails? They crawl out of their holes for me, And I die: you die. Hear them laugh, watch them turn on me. And I die: you die. See my scars, they call me such things. Tear me, tear me, tear me. But I’m still frightened by the telephone.