Mythological Beauty - Big Thief

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[Intro]
    x2

[Verse 1]
           
You have a myt

        
hological beau

ty
            
You have the e

           
ye of someone 

  
I have seen
           
Outside of ord

          
inary situatio

ns
           
Even outside o

  
f dreams
           
You lie in bed

            
 at night and 


watch the line

s
           
Of headlights 

             
through your s


creen
           
There is a chi

   
ld inside you
           
Who’s trying t

            
o raise a chil

       
d in me


[Chorus]
             
  If you wanna

 
 leave
             
  You just hav

     
e to say
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way


[Verse 2]
           
You cut the fl

            
esh of your le

    
ft thumb
           
Using your boy

              
friend’s knife
           
Seventeen, you

        
 took his cum
            
And you gave b

            
irth to your f

    
irst life
           
You gave it to

            
 a family who 


you thought
             
Would love and

           
 take better c

    
are
           
I have an olde

          
r brother I do

n’t know
           
He could be an

 
ywhere


[Chorus]
            
  If you wanna

 
 leave
            
  You just hav

      
e to say
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way

[Verse 3]
           
Rented a house

            
 in Nisswa, Mi

   
nnesota
            
Shrapnel and o

           
il cans, rhuba

          
rb in the yard
           
I built a ladd

            
er out of meta

  
l pieces
           
Father was wor

            
king hard
           
Standing benea

            
th the oak tre

         
e by the front

 door
           
You were insid

        
e baking bread
           
Sister came ou

              
t and put her 

    
arms around me
             
Blood gushing 

          
from my head
             
You held me in

            
 the backseat 

     
with a dishrag
           
Soaking up blo

            
od with your e

     
yes
           
I was just fiv

            
e and you were

        
 twenty-seven
             
Praying, “Don’

          
t let my baby 

      
die.”


[Chorus]
             
  If you wanna

 
 leave
             
  You just hav

     
e to say
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way


[Outro]
            
   So much mor


e to live your

 life

   To walk the

 floor

    To say goo

dnight
           
   Do you leav

            
e your light o

    
n?
           
   Do you leav

            
e your light o

    
n?
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way
             
You’re all cau

       
ght up inside
             
But you know t

        
he way

[Outro]
    x4

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