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I thought what I was hearing |
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Was the sound of mission bells |
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Perhaps it was a mission |
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Not from heaven but from hell |
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I lay down my body |
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On the fertile ground I fell |
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All the things seemed clear to me |
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I never felt so well |
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But when the night was over |
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And the morning sun burned through |
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And I listened for the mission bells |
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But a dissonance rang through |
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You shook me up |
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You shook me down |
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But you won't keep me |
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Down on the ground |
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Your love is strong |
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But I've been down too long |
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Why you wanna keep on |
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Doing me wrong |
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I thought what I was hearing |
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Was the voice of my old friend |
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I poured out my feelings |
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And I felt healed again |
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I held that door open |
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And said why don't you stay |
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You're tired and you're hungry |
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I thought I heard you say |
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So you sat down at my table |
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I closed my eyes as you prayed |
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While you filled your every pocket |
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With the living I had made |
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You shook me up |
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You shook me down |
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But you won't keep me |
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Down on the ground |
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Your love is strong |
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But I've been down too long |
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Why you wanna keep on |
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Doing me wrong |
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Be careful who you follow |
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Be suspicious of the messenger |
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I was moments from the gates of insanity |
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I had followed a mirror of my vanity |
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I stood naked stripped of my humanity |
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And I cried to the heavens |
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God get me out of here! |
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Just this time |
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Please get me out of here |
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Be careful who you follow |
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Be suspicious of the messenger |
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Who will comfort and divide you |
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Pretend to be beside you |
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But he'll always be a stranger |
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When you find yourself in danger |
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When you're lost and in the dark |
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Listen to your heart |
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You shook me up |
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You shook me down |
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But you won't keep me |
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Down on the ground |
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Your love is strong |
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But I've been down too long |
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Why you wanna keep on |
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Doing me wrong |
