After The End Flashcards

(29 cards)

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I think a lot about why people do things.

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What makes us behave in certain ways you know

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What makes us behave in certain ways you know

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Every night I’ve been thinking about this

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Every night I’ve been thinking about this

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Trapped in whatever behaviour, I dunno, cycle of violence or something and is it possible to break, these cycles, is it possible to break

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Trapped in whatever behaviour, I dunno, cycles of violence or something and is it possible to break these cycles is it possible to break

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And I’d be sitting there thinking about this and this car

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And id be sitting there thinking about this and this cat

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This gorgeous cat with no tail would come to my door.

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This gorgeous cat with no tail would come to my door

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I’d have the back door open because the garden

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I’d have the back door open because the garden

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She’d be terrified at first

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She’d be terrified at first

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It looks beautiful it really does

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It looks beautiful it really does

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So I bought some food for her and the first time she just sniffed at it and ran away as soon as I moved you know

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So I bought some food for her and the first time she just sniffed at it and ran away as soon as I moved you know

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No sign of her for the rest of the night

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No sign of her for the rest of the night

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And I’m thinking reactions and responses patterns violence breeding violence

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An I’m thinking reactions responses patterns violence breeding violence

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And the next night she’s in a bit further

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And the next night she’s in a bit further

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And I’m looking at her tail thinking ‘that’s been cut off

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And I’m looking at her tail thinking that’s been cut off

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And I don’t think it was I think she’s a Manx I think they’re born without tails

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And I don’t think it was I think she’s a Manx I think they’re born without tails

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And the next night she’s further in

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And the next night she’s further in

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And I’m beginning to get used to this beginning to look forward to it

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And I’m beginning to get used to this beginning to look forward to it

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And the next night she’s in and she’s eating

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And the next night she’s in a bd she’s eating

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And from then on she’s in every night

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And from then on she’s in every night

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She’s on my lap she’s following me around she’s waiting on the window ledge for me when I get home

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She on my lap she’s following me around she’s waiting on the window ledge for me when I get home

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And we sit there every night and I’m thinking behaviour, patterns and is it actually possible to break these patterns of whatever

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And we sit there every night and I’m thinking behaviour patterns and is it actually possible to break these patterns of whatever

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And she’s meowing to be let in. Every night

22
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And she’s meowing to be let in. Every night

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And one night she scratches me out of the blue

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And one night she scratches me out of the blue

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Cats you know just a vindictive cat scratch look see?

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Cats you know just a vindictive cat scratch look see?

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She knew she’s done wrong. Took three nights to get back into my lap

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She knew she’d done wrong took three nights to get her back into my lap
And I’m stroking her and thinking. Warm, delicate you know
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And I’m stroking her and thinking. Warm, delicate you know
And I put my hands around her neck and I squeeze and I squeeze
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And I put my hands around her neck and I squeeze and I squeeze
Until her neck is the thickness of a rope and I still squeeze
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Until her neck is the thickness of a rope and I still squeeze
And I’m sitting there - and this is last night - with this dead cat in my lap
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And I’m sitting there - and this is last night - with this dead cat in my lap
And I thought I’d come in and see you and here I am