“Those of us who make a mark use someone else's blood.
Our western stain won't wash away; it won't vanish in the flood.”

—  Kevin Devine

" The Burning City Smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3YmL6Fc3K4," Put Your Ghost to Rest (2006)

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