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A prince in practice moans for the attention that he wants |
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but most of this town won't even dignify his ignorance with a response |
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left to a crowded foster home by a 15 year old mom |
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never been held in anyone's arms when you've never been moved its really hard to move on |
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A young saleswoman sets up shop when the sun sets |
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she'll make your wildest dreams come true at a price you wont forget |
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The sadly married set up alibis no harm no regret |
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hoping they meet an angel in bed that can wrestle the devil right out of their heads |
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This city runs fast, no one has time to sit with themselves,no time to look into our pain |
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or see the same despair in everyone else |
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its here, its there, its everywhere tears soak each card the dealers dealt |
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But time taught me how to see every second as heaven even though they're perfectly disguised as hell |
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And I refuse to let past bruises cover the light |
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it ain't all good, but its all good enough, |
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so I know I'm alright |
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agony is truth its our connection to the living I accept it as perfection and keep on existing in the now |
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I can only build if I tear the walls down |
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even if it breaks me I wont let it make me frown |
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I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground |
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I'll still smile |
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I can only build if I tear the walls down |
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even if it breaks me I wont let it make me frown |
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I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground |
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I'll still smile |
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...ear to ear as if that's all I'm here for |
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despite the wars founded by the rich, funded by the poor |
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kids barely 18 are dying so billionaires can make more |
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elsewhere hungry mothers watch their babies starve to death in a beat up shack on a dirt floor |
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The aged professor quotes "Freedom's without a path" |
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now he dresses like a widow and preaches "love is dead" in every class |
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But curiosity killed the cat and taught |
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the dog in him how to act |
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and it burned his bridge to Jill so he tries to drown the guilt with a bottle of Jack |
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Self proclaimed rebels say "We must oppose the system!" |
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"You gotta take a stand!" "If your not against them your with them!" |
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signs read "Support the troops bring em' home!" "No more innocent victims!" |
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but when a homeless veteran asks for spare change your to busy protesting to even listen |
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And I'm no different I live in conflict and contradiction but it can be so beautiful |
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when I don't reject what lies within |
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It's beautiful the way agony connects us to the living |
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I think of the world when I hurt, and keep on existing in the now |
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I can only build if I tear the walls down |
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even if it breaks me I wont let it make me frown |
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I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground |
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I'll still smile |
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I can only build if I tear the walls down |
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even if it breaks me I wont let it make me frown |
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I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground |
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I'll still smile. |
