A Body Goes Down Lyrics by Duncan Sheik
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Once in a while
A man comes along
Even his failures were favorite songs
Oh to have made something so unsurpassed
As certain things fall away
So certain things last
A body goes down
In the Mississippi waters
Weighted by a beauty
Afraid of its light
Notify your holy men
Console your sons and daughters
And tell me one more time
What is just
What is right
Chances are good
We spread blasphemous lies
Safe to say nobody knew what was inside
Of course there is grace
And those halos of pain
Maybe he sang what he came here to sing

Chorus
Speed on to the next world
Speed on to the next life
Better I'm sure by far
Orpheus driven
Treasures given
Heal the most broken of hearts
Speed on, speed on, speed on
Once in a while   A man comes along   Even his failures were favorite songs   Oh to have made something so unsurpassed   As certain things fall away   So certain things last   A body goes down   In the Mississippi waters   Weighted by a beauty   Afraid of its light   Notify your holy men   Console your sons and daughters   And tell me one more time   What is just   What is right   Chances are good   We spread blasphemous lies   Safe to say nobody knew what was inside   Of course there is grace   And those halos of pain   Maybe he sang what he came here to sing      Chorus   Speed on to the next world   Speed on to the next life   Better I'm sure by far   Orpheus driven   Treasures given   Heal the most broken of hearts   Speed on, speed on, speed on