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Our love is dead but without limit, like the surface of the moon |
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or the land between here and the mountains. It is not these hiding places |
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that have keep us innocent but the way you taught me to just let it all go by. |
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So we have learned to be as faithless, stand behind the bulletproof glass, |
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exchanging our affections through a drawer. It was always horribly convenient |
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and happening too fast. You should count your change before you are even out the door. |
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Yes, you should but please... |
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Return, return to the person that you were. And I will do the same because |
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it is too hard to belong to someone who is gone. My compass spins. |
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The wilderness remains. |
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Once too often, I have retreated into the depths of my despair. |
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I built a barricade to block you on the road. But standing there with all of my possessions, |
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piled higher than a house, I felt closer to you than you ever could have known. |
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So let these tiny acts of charity become common ground of which to build a monument |
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to commemorate our time. And though, you say, |
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you've found another who will surely speed you on your way, |
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don't let the forest grow over that you came there by. But you will, so... |
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Hurry up and run to the one that you love. And blind him with your kindness. |
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And he will make war, old war, on who you were before. |
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And he'll claim all that has spoiled your heart. |
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Well, now, I tell myself I've mended under these patches of blue sky. |
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There are still a few holes that let in a little rain. So it is crying on my shingles. |
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My floorboards moan under my feet. The refrigerator is whining, |
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so I've got reason to complain. But I am not gonna bless you with such compliments, |
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some degrading psalm of praise, like the kind that converted you to me so long ago. |
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Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. |
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You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact. |
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Hurry up and run to the one that you love. And tie him in you likeness, |
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And he'll become, become the prisoner I was. And know all that has spoiled your heart. |