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Dark Numbers

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Beat Rixe, Lyrics The Elegant Eccentric

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Hook:
There's three hundred and sixty five reasons why I was born third
On the first day of the twelfth month
In the one thousand nine hundred eighty fifth year, in the 20th century
And they still don't mention me

1st Verse

The last can be first if the last cast the first stone
In a family of four the third born could be the first to show
98 problems and 102 solutions
There's 206 bones under this cutaneous tissue

And 52 weeks have passed more than 18 times
The sum of which divided a 20 somethings hindsight
26 letters multiplied equals an entire language
There's less numbers in pie than times words have been dangerous
Cantankerous minutes cavort in groups of 60 or more
That's 5 dozen reasons not to be seen anymore

If I could multitask monocular vision would have held me back
And since I can't I'm able to stay focused on the right track
With ten digits on two hands I wanna build a million chances
That'll use one voice to fill the worlds chasms

2nd Verse

A stitch in time saves 9 add one more stitch to the line
and you create a scar that lasts for 50 years time
4 score and 7 years ago when the stock market collapsed
My 3 old grandpa was counting sheep in his mothers lap

The great war had ended and it pretended to be the last
More than 100,000 Americans were interred into the past
My grandpa had five children my other was the fourth
My family of five minus one, she was the unstoppable force

My first lesson in math was a pure product of divorce
father minus mother equals a child that laughs like a corpse

3rd Verse

Ice ladened figures sit amidst the figure 8's
Figuring that if they ate they'd have nothing left to hunger for
Hate was 86ed before it even came through the door
But its two cents assaulted the 5 senses of a young child

Who could count to 22 38 and with his guile
place a decimal point and turn those numbers into guns
The 12 step process for violence is never fun
And the baker was drunk that's why his dozen was wrong

What's priceless to you is really worthless to god
I've never been good with numbers so i'll stick to writing songs

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from FACT, released March 15, 2010
Beat Rixe, Lyrics The Elegant Eccentric

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FICTITIOUS Seattle, Washington

FICTITIOUS does not exist. They make their presence known as an idea. Hailing from all over the country the members joined together as a collective with the goal of planting intelligence and poetry into the hip-hop structure. FICTITIOUS spins narratives centered around characters from all walks of life. By observing and dissecting that which isn't us we define that which is. ... more

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