Marcus Mumford – Better Off High Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
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Better Off High

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Better Off High Lyrics

[Intro]
Bless that medicine
For bringing 'round that click in your head

[Verse 1]
Better off high than dead
When you are stripped bare
When you have settled your affairs
Dressed in white like a bride
Or a new believer

[Chorus]
Holding a handful of dust
What else can we trust?
What else can we trust?
It's all that's left for us

[Verse 2]
When you are back on the line
The last stillness in your mind
Almost seized me
And all of this tedious talk
It's cheap, it's easy

[Chorus]
Holding a handful of dust
What else can we trust?
It's all that's left for us
Anyway, anyway, oh, oh
[Verse 3]
Yeah, some hell's put a peace on me
And it still feels like there are hooks in me
But the silence turns up the curse in me

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Bless that medicine
For bringing 'round that click in your head
Better off high than dead

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