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The Faint
The Faint


Background information
Origin Omaha, Nebraska
Genre(s) Indie Rock
Post-punk Revival
Dance-punk
New Wave
Years active 1995—present
Label(s) Saddle Creek Records
Associated acts Vverevvolf Grehv
Broken Spindles
Depressed Buttons
Website Website
Members
Todd Fink
Jacob Thiele
Dapose
Joel Petersen
Clark Baechle
Former members
Conor Oberst
Matt Bowen



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The Faint Lyrics

"Ballad Of A Paralysed Citizen" lyrics


I'm paralysed and things could change for you as well
You're not so bad off now, you can move anything you need
I'm not this way because of an emergency I caused
at seventeen a guard, perched above the chlorine floor
When I saw a hand raise up from just beneath the air
a frantic move for help, I made an instant judgment call.

To dive, I arced my feet to dive,
I broke the elemental line
to save a child.
Dive, into the shallow floor
the bottom scraped my palms
and compressed my spine.

Now I'm paralysed while they just hope to make amends
the family and the kid who faked the drowning incident,
I've felt the hand of God and that's the last thing that I felt
at all below my back, I've lost the faith I thought I had.

To dive, I arced my feet to dive,
I broke the elemental line
to save a child.
Dive, into the shallow floor
the bottom scraped my palms
and compressed my spine.

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