Like a flock of birds
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Or a pod of dolphins
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A bellowing of bullfinches
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A fling of dunlins
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Like a mob of kangaroos
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A brood of hens
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A bazaar of guillemots
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Just like a band of jays
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A shrewdness of apes
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A deceit of lapwings
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Like a host of sparrows
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A trip of wildfowls
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A mutation of thrushes
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Like an army of ants
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An ostentation of peacocks
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A down of rabbits
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Like a rumba of rattlesnakes
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A run of salmon
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A bob of seals
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Like a kettle of hawks
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A nest of hornets
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A gam of whales
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A quiver of cobras
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A dole of doves
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A shoal of shads
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A company of angelfish
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A glint of goldfish
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A knot of toads
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Did you ever have a go?
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Everyone must have a go
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It’s your next Penrose step
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Ones that have spent their time on Earth
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Have a different kind of glow
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You put it on hold
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But soon you’re given birth
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You leave everything
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Say goodbye to your worlds
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All your worlds, all your pretty little worlds
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Like a bloat of hippopotami
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A warren of wombats
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A zeal of zebras
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Like a generation of vipers
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A bale of turtles
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Streak of tigers
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A glen of herring
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A hover of trout
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A wisdom of owls
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A murmuration of starlings
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A dray of squirrels
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A spring or harem of seals
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Like a drove of sheep
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A leash of foxes
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A skein of geese
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A tower of giraffes
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A knot of frogs
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A memory of elephants
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A weyr of dragons
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So you decide to have a go
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And everybody has to know
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It’s your time
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All the ones that have spent their time on Earth
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Have a different kind of flow
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So you thought that you just might
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Let go of holding light
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We have the same thought
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At the same time, after time
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Never running out of time
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Our movements trace invisible patterns
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We draw in the sky using no eyes
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A living matrix, hexagonal, atonal
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A framework of sound as we’re letting you down
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A shower of rain, a bevy of ladies
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A blush of boys, an ambush of toys
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A den of thieves, a coven of witches
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A worship of reads, a curse of painters
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Like a conspiracy of ravens
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A brace of thrush of ducks
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A mask of raccoons
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A crash of rhinos
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A mute of hounds
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A warren of rabbits
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A turn of turtles
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Like a shiver of sharks
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A span of mules
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A school of sea stars
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A gulp of cormorants
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So zebrine
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So hipptigrine
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So eranaceine
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So helminthic
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And so formic
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Anisopterian
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Iguinine
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Pteropine
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So it seems
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So galagine
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So perfect
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So hyenine
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All the ones that have spent their time on Earth
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They’ve lived lives you’ll never know
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Now you want to go down there
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Though you will know it will hurt
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Let go of your worlds, all your worlds
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All your pretty little worlds
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All your worlds, all your pretty little worlds |