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I know you |
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You were too short |
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You had bad skin |
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You couldn't talk to them very well |
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Words didn't seem to work |
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They lied when they came out of your mouth |
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You tried so hard to understand them |
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You wanted to be part of what was happening |
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You saw them having fun |
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And it seemed like such a mystery |
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Almost magic |
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Made you think that there was something wrong with you |
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You'd look in the mirror and try to find it |
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You thought that you were ugly |
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And that everyone was looking at you |
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So you learned to be invisible |
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To look down |
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To avoid conversation |
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The hours days weekends |
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Ah the weekend nights alone |
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Where were you |
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In the basement |
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In the attic |
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In your room |
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Working some job - just to have something to do |
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Just to have a place to put yourself |
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Just to have a way to get away from them |
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A chance to get away from the ones that made you feel |
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So strange and ill at ease inside yourself |
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Did you ever get invited to one of their parties |
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You sat and wondered if you would go or not |
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For hours you imagined the scenarios that might transpire |
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They would laugh at you |
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If you would know what to do |
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If you'd have the right things on |
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If they would notice that you came from a different planet |
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Did you get all brave in your thoughts |
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Like you going to be able to go in there and deal with it |
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And have a great time |
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Did you think that you might be the life of the party |
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That all these people were gonna talk to you and you |
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Would find out that you were wrong |
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That you had a lot of friends and you weren't so |
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Strange after all |
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Did you end up going |
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Did they mess with you |
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Did they single you out |
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Did you find out that you were invited because they |
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Thought you were so weird |
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Yeah I think I know you |
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You spent a lot of time full of hate |
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A hate that was pure sunshine |
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A hate that saw for miles |
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A hate that kept you up at night |
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A hate that filled your every waking moment |
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A hate that carried you for a long time |
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Yes I think I know you |
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You couldn't figure out what they saw in the way they lived |
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Home was not home |
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Your room was home |
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A corner was home |
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The place they weren't that was home |
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I know you |
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You're sensitive and you hide it because you fear |
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Getting stepped on one more time |
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It seems that when you show a part of yourself that is |
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The least bit vulnerable someone takes advantage of you |
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One of them steps on you |
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They mistake kindliness for weakness |
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But you know the difference |
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You've been the brunt of their weakness for years |
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And strength is something you know a bit about because |
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You had to be strong to keep yourself alive |
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You know yourself very well now |
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And you don't trust people |
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You know them too well |
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You try to find that special person |
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Someone you can be with |
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Someone you can touch |
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Someone you can talk to |
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Someone you don't feel so strange around |
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And you find that they don't really exist |
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You feel closer to people on movie screens |
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Yeah I think I know you |
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You spend a lot of time daydreaming |
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And people have made comment to that effect |
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Telling you that you're self involved and self centred |
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But they don't know do they |
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About the long night shifts alone |
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About the years of keeping yourself company |
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All the nights you wrapped your arms around yourself |
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So you could imagine someone holding you |
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The hours of indecision self doubt |
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The intense depression |
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The blinding hate |
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The rage that made you stagger |
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The devastation of rejection |
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Well maybe they do know |
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But if they do they sure do a good job of hiding it |
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It astounds you how they can be so smooth |
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How they seem to pass through life as if life itself |
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Was some divine gift |
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And it infuriates you to watch yourself with your |
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Apparent skill at finding every way possible to screw it up |
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For you life is a long trip |
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Terrifying and wonderful |
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Birds sing to you at night |
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The rain and the sun the changing seasons are true friends |
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Solitude is a hard won ally faithful and patient |
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Yeah I think I know you |
