Hank Green - A Song About An Anglerfish

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0 Yes it's true that I once went through life
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1 As a guy who always had to rhyme life with strife
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2 Yes, I've been burned and I've been spurned
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3 And through it all, yes, I have learned
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4 That love is not about whether you get stabbed
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5 But how slow the knife gets turned
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8 But my friends I've found an animal
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9 Who doesn't feel this pain
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10 And my life is so much better
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11 Now that I can feel the same
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14 Because you can't hate the night
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15 If you've lived your whole life without light
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16 And you can't hate the dish
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17 If you've only ever eaten fish
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18 And you can't feel alone
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19 If it's all you've ever known
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22 Yeah the deep sea anglerfish
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23 Has no reason to be happy
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24 But it has no frikkin' idea
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25 What else to be
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28 The deep sea dwelling anglerfish
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29 Never has to find a mate
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30 They are always there together
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31 When it's time to procreate
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34 See one dark night, a young male
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35 Bites the female on her side
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36 And then slowly he becomes
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37 a sperm-producing parasite
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40 And if we can say he lives at all
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41 He lives until she dies
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42 And until that day he literally
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43 Never leaves her side
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46 Yeah you can't hate the night
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47 If you've lived your whole life without light
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48 And you can't hate the dish
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49 If you've only ever eaten fish
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50 And you can't feel alone
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51 If it's all you've ever known
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54 Yeah the deep sea anglerfish
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55 Has no reason to be happy
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56 But it has no frikkin' idea
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57 What else to be
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60 For years this rule has kept me
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61 Out of hopeless despair
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62 You simply do not feel
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63 What is always there
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66 I ask my brain to entertain
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67 That pain is the same
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68 That if I feel it all the time
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69 Can you really call it pain
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72 I don't have any friends
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73 And I don't have any hair
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74 But neither does the anglerfish
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75 And she doesn't care
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78 Because you can't hate the night
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79 If you've lived your whole life without light
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80 And you can't hate the dish
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81 If you've only ever eaten fish
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82 And you can't feel alone
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83 If it's all you've ever known
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86 Yeah the deep sea anglerfish
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87 Has no reason to be happy
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88 But she has no frikkin' idea
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89 What else to be
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 Outro: D#126 G#127 G#128 D#129
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