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Orchidelphia

by Ortega Fuerte

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Words, music, and arrangement by Hugo Grayling.

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As a punishment once, for feeling sick, I had to stop a tidal wave.
And I learned to tell everyone the truth, which is always that there's nothing wrong.
And if anyone says there's something wrong, he's sick and wrong, deserving death.
And the palaces in his mind are strewn with filth and sickening wantonness.

There are people who, believing you, will never visit Orchidelphia.

In the school that I drew, this picture here--that's me, achieving purity.
In the painful arcade below those pipes, that's me, learning humility.
And I'll never forget those lessons, no, even if I come back a vegetable.
Even if I come back a buried root, in the cold spring ground, I won't forget.

There are people who, believing you, will never visit Orchidelphia.

All of my lifetime, the way is the way.
Everyone celebrate, today is the day.
All of us perfect, all of us pure.
Thanks to our teachers, of that I am sure.
All of my lifetime, the way is the way.
Everyone celebrate, today is the day.
All of us thankful, all of us pure.
Thanks to our teachers, of that I am sure.

There are people who, believing you, will never visit Orchidelphia.

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released January 24, 2015

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Ortega Fuerte Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ortega Fuerte are a group of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists founded in 2003 by core member Hugo Grayling and often including the contributions of Air Anchor's Chris Rohlf.

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