You’re smiling but I sense fear when you say, abandon ship
and there’s land near
And the water is deep around my knees, but still I don’t
believe.

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At another time I would have followed you anywhere, but not
now
You said I was a shackle to you, well you always say the most
violent things, my dear.
You’re smiling as you climb into another idea of what it
means to be you
And I’m supposed to follow and I’m not supposed to mind that
you keep leaving me behind.
You said that I was a shackle to you well you always say the
vilest things, my dear.

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She said, “Lately, falling’s been
easy on me…just like breathing used to be
and call me crazy, but I was thinking
maybe you’d be waiting on the ground

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to come and catch me
and you come around here
you open up your wings
you open up your wings
and I’m drowning
I am drowning
you open up your wings
you open up your wings
and I’m gone”
She said, “Lately you’re all the same
you say you’ll never leave
until you’re gone again
and little pieces fall away
and I, I am left the fool
clobbered and clumsy and slowly fading
and you come around here
you open up your wings
and I’m drowning
i am drowning
you open up your wings
you open up your wings
and I’m gone”

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Lately I can’t tell my friends from my enemies
when it use to seem so clear

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I tried rebellion once and look where it s gotten me
Banging apologies against your deaf ears
And she said, “sing me a sweet song tonight,
sing me a new song tonight”
We used to lie side by side
and I would cover myself in you
We used to lie, but I’m no longer so wide eyed and full
Lately, I can’t tell where all this is taking me
I’m spilling over and spitting spiteful words
There was a time once when I understood my cruelty,
but now I’m not so sure
And she said, “sing me a sweet song tonight,
sing me a new song tonight”
We used to lie side by side
and I would cover myself in you
We used to lie, but I’m no longer so wide eyed and full

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i’m weak when you miss me
when you roll me on your tongue..
when you whisper me your best moves
i almost believe you
but you don’t know me at all

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i’m covered by lovers,
who recite lines
convinced their bodies
are gonna save mine
but you don’t know me at all..

show me where the sun comes through the sky
i’ll show you where the rain gets in
and i’ll show you hurricanes
and the way that summer fades…
underneath the weight of it all

i spent days stupid nailed to your floor
and i spent nights pushed against you, baby
trying to keep warm
but you don’t know me at all.

show me where the sun comes through the sky
i’ll show you where the rain gets in
and i’ll show you hurricanes
and the way that summer fades
underneath the weight of it all
…the weight of it all, oh

…show me,
show me where the sun comes through the sky
i’ll show you where the rain gets in
and i’ll show you hurricanes
and the way that summer fades

you can lift me up to put me down again

underneath the weight of it all
…the weight of it all

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So we lie her ein the dark
With all thr wrong things on fire
In sickness and in health
To be with you, just to be with you

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In your wedding dress
To have and to hold
‘Cause even at my best
I wanna let go

And you hold me in your arms
And all that I can see
Is my future in your hands
And all that I can feel
Is how long ever after is
It’s all that I can do
To be with you, just to be with you

In your wedding dress
To have and to hold
‘Cause even at my best
I wanna let go

Thought I’d lost you
Thought I’d lost you
I gave you away
Thought I’d lost you
I’m jealous of the moon
For how it moves away

‘Cause in your wedding dress
To have and to hold
‘Cause even at my best
I wanna let go

And I wanna be somebody else now
And I wanna fell like I’m not scared (?)
And I wanna wish it all
Just wish it all away again

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I got your letter this morning, got your letter alright
It claimed clarity, but came in screaming
and I was soaked clean through
How could we ever let it get this far?
To leave us nothing dear but sickness
Me with mine and you with yours

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And when we can see things clearer
than we think we see them now
Maybe kiss each other sweetly without trying to bite down
Maybe then all this will be better & maybe then we ll recover

It s funny because I promised myself that
I’d never let this happen again
I’d been warned and I’d been told,
but it s these moments of clarity that cripple me most

CHORUS

You said I was tiresome,
with heels dug deep, reciting my lines
All tarred in make-up and glazed in light

CHORUS

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I recall your kisses and they tasted just like medicine
I put all the pieces back together in my head
Seems so obvious now how fragile a thing we had
And all the leaves were on the ground that fall, the leaves
were all around

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And you fed me stories and you polished up your bruises until
they shined
It kind of made me wish that I had a bruise so fine
I’ve watched you twice rebuild your life, why don’t you wait up
for me
I stumble, why don’t you wait up for me
With your childs smile and your innocence
I’d buy you bows and ribbons, the prettiest bows and ribbons
I made you like a queen with all the gifts I’d given
You’re a debutante and all you’ve got is a head full of
someone else’s thoughts.

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Well, it’s late at night.
There’s nobody around.
Just the sounds of the cars
Upon the asphalt ground.
It’s the waiting time,
When the hours grow still.

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I gaze on through the glass
Inside my windowsill.
Though I know that you must be
Somewhere in this world,
In this place where, at birth,
You and I were both hurled,
To think that we once were relating
Is a thing that has almost grown foreign to me.

It’s a bad sight,
Such a terrible waste,
To spend your time talking
In such bad taste.
It’s the same old line,
Though it’s not you I blame.
It’s your teachers and television
That you put to shame.
The night’s lasting longer
Because I’ve filled my head
With the things I could have done
And the words I could have said.
But, in truth, I was only spectating
And that’s a permanent part of reality.

So many rude lines,
So many petty crimes
And you don’t feel a need
To apologize.
Tonight is the time
That you stick in my mind,
But from now on I won’t become
Vandalized.

Now the room’s started filling
With the dawn’s early light
And the end has arrived
Of this long night.
I turn off the television
And I hit the bed
While your shade is still haunting
My ever-vulnerable head.
And there’s no use
In trying to compromise
When the kindest things we say are when we tell eachother lies
But it’s time I should quit my complaining
And behave with a little more dignity.

So many rude lines,
So many petty crimes
And you don’t feel a need
To apologize.
Tonight is the time
That you stick in my mind,
But from now on I won’t become
Vandalized.

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When the leaves have changed
When the world around you
Starts to grow deranged
And the faces that you see
Are looking strange

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And your principles
Have all been rearranged

When only tears remain
In the residue the ruins of your brain
You’ll start looking for a way
You can explain
Though the reasons should’ve
Made themselves quite plain

And then you’ll think of me
In the moments when we’d
Almost broken free
Your mind will start it’s
Drifting wistfully
To the corner of your
Heart nobody sees

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She don’t lie in bed at night
Staring at the ceiling
She don’t wait to begin
She bets on long shots
She wants what they’ve got
She skates where the ice thins

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On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts
Our hearts

She was her mother’s secret
She was daddy’s girl
She brought weekend boys home in her curls
She said, “My love is a fever.
Come on, touch my skin.
They all think I’m easy,
I’m easy, cause I let them win.”

On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts
To the beat of our noisy hearts

She said, “Pick up the phone
Cause I need to feel more alone
And your voice drives me crazy.”

On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts, hearts, hearts
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts

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