“At Last” by Neko Case

“Relation now means nothing, having chosen, so defined.”

I can say that I’ve lived here in honor and danger. But I’m just an animal and cannot explain a life.

Down this chain of days, I wished to stay among my people. Relation now means nothing, having chosen, so defined.

And if death should smell my breathing, as it pass beneath my window, let it lead me trembling, trembling.

I own every bell that tolls me.

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