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Everybody's got a million questions |
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Everybody wants to know the score |
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What you went through |
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It's something you |
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Should be over now |
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Everybody wants to hear the secrets |
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That you never told a soul before |
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And it's not that strange |
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Because it wouldn't change |
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what happened anyhow |
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But you swore to yourself a long time ago |
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There were some things that people never needed to know |
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Guess there's one that you keep |
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That you bury so deep |
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No one can tear it out |
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And you can't talk about it |
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Because you're following a code of silence |
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You're never gonna to lose the anger |
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You just deal with it a different way |
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And you can't talk about it |
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And isn't that a kind of madness |
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To be living by a code of silence |
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When you've really got a lot to say |
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You don't want to lose a friendship |
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There's nothing that you have to hide |
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And a little dirt |
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Couldn't hurt no one anyway |
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And you still have a rage inside you |
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That you carry with a certain pride |
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In the only part of the broken heart |
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That you could ever save |
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But you've been through it once |
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You know how it ends |
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You don't see the point |
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Of going through it again |
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And this ain't the place |
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And this ain't the time |
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And neither's any other day |
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So you can't talk about it |
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Because you're following a code of silence |
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You're never gonna to lose the anger |
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You just deal with it a different way |
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So you can't talk about it |
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And isn't that a kind of madness |
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To be living by a code of silence |
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When you've really got a lot to say |
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I know you well enough to tell you've got your reasons |
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That's not the kind of code you're inclined to break |
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Some things unknown are best left alone forever |
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And if a vow is what it takes |
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Haven't you paid for your mistakes |
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After the moment passes |
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And the impulse disappears |
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You can still hold back |
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Because you don't crack very easily |
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It's a time honored resolution |
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Because the danger is always near |
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It's with you now |
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But that ain't how it was supposed to be |
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And it's hard to believe after all these years |
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That it still gives you pain and it still brings tears |
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And you feel like a fool |
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Because it's part of your rules |
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You've got a memory |
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But you can't talk about it |
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Because you're following a code of silence |
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You're never gonna to lose the anger |
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You just deal with it a different way |
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But you can't talk about it |
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And isn't that a kind of madness |
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To be living by a code of silence |
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When you've really got a lot to say |
