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Intro

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Verse 1

 Strange things happen in the nighttime hours

Yesterday's buds are tomorrows flowers

Those who speak numbers refuse the great forgiver

 and powerful men raise their hands and deliver

All the superstitions to which we all cling

While high minds in geneva ponder e8 vs string

 The sun hides itself, concealing its grin

 And waits for the dawn to reveal itself again

Chorus

Oh, young cardinals

Nesting in the trees

Oh, hear our songs

 And reign your

 innocence on me

Post chorus:

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Verse 2

 Strange things happen in the nighttime hours

white tails graze and wolves devour

Ghosts of old loves are blowing through the pines

Nicotine babies being born with no spines

 The god of the sea is swinging his trident

 We stoke our fires with the bones of tryants

 The sun, it retreats through the dust and the din

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And waits for the dawn to reveal itself again

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

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Bridge

Young cardinals

take flight

return to nest in

the black of night

There are things you

 were not meant to know

(Repeat)

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

Oh, young cardinals

Oh, young cardinals

Oh, young cardinals

Oh