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Over
03:48
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the sun is oppressive against the shade
i am manic depressive you are well aware
but i can't do this without needing some help
could you come over tonight and wish me well
and my dad said stop staying up at night
you don't do anything with your life
I waste my days curled up in bed asleep
because at least in my dreams you're there with me
you can live off of fiction for as long as you'd like
stretch the truth from the Merri to the Nile
draw the curtains down and scroll my phone endlessly
until the corners of my eyes glow painfully
and my dad said stop staying up at night
you don't do anything with your life
I waste my days curled up in bed asleep
because at least in my dreams you're there with me
(I guess I'll see you in my dreams)
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Always
03:58
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(When you’re home, when you’re home, you got to stay calm babe)
Tell me when you’re coming home
Tell me when you’re coming home
I don’t want to go to sleep alone
I don’t want to go to sleep alone
If somehow the waiting gets too hard
If its heavy enough that we can’t start
I will imagine this
Imagine this thing
He took me to his bedroom, showed me where my hands go
Quiet around his housemates, told my love to go slow
I was patient for a minute, but suddenly
I couldn’t let go
Its immature, such a silly game
Stupid like a children’s crusade
Its not like I’m not one to complain
I’m always in love
Its immature, such a silly game
Stupid like a children’s crusade
Its not like I’m not one to complain
I’m always in love
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Sleep
03:40
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(23 years and you ain’t coming back
Blood’s gone blue and my hearts turned black
Burned all the books in your room in stacks
Cause you ain’t coming back, you ain’t coming back)
What beauty
What’s the point of all this beauty
Divorced from truth and stripped from duty
You started the story, so conclude it
Don’t just lose it
But you aint coming back, you aint coming back no more
You ain’t coming back, you aint coming back no more
(Scar my calendar with holidays Ive
Given myself since you went away
Put the blinds to sleep, make the sun disappear
No more sunny days
No more sunny days
I don’t deserve them)
23 years and you ain’t coming back
Blood’s gone blue and my hearts turned black
Burned all the books in your room in stacks
Cause you ain’t coming back, you ain’t coming back no more
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4. |
23
03:03
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Its hard to be kind
Its hard to be silent
The will is a funny thing, how it breaks
What has she got that I havent got
A simple question for your friends
Are we still friends? Only just friends?
Only lovers undercover?
At night in parks, my body after dark
My Bloody Valentine in your room
Ive been waiting for you for 23 years
Im going crazy, I cant do this
Everything to say and nothing to prove it
Its louder than bombs, harsher than rifles
Quiet like babies, the feelings stifled
Hiding your neck when you go to sleep
Fingers crossed she wont see a thing
When you see me, isnt that the friend who was with you last week?
Whats he doing? Whats he doing with you family?
Ive been waiting for you for 23 years
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