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When your blood is boiling |
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And your heart is full of fear |
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A saviour doesn't visit |
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Miracles don't appear |
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The minute hand ticks slower |
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And the hour hand don't move |
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When you can't dream the future |
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And you have something to prove |
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If you need an explosion |
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To clean out all the pain |
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Clouds just swell in silence |
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While you're waiting for the rain |
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The phone looks like a cobra |
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On the table by the bed |
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Even if your saviour called |
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Everything's been said |
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Your nerves grow through your swollen soul |
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Like racing evil vines |
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You read her goodbye letter |
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And try to see between the lines |
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Praying to be sleeping |
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When the house burns to the ground |
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But hoping on the other hand |
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That somehow you'll be found |
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People try to be a friend |
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And come by for a talk |
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But when they start the speech |
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The words just break in two like chalk |
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Waiting for the sweat |
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That pours out when the fever breaks |
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Wishing you could take back |
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Every one of your mistakes |
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Do you find a fix? |
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Do you give up on everything |
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And sit and take your licks? |
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Do the lonely and the broken ones |
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keep waiting for it all |
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Or do they just lay down |
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And accept the bitter fall? |
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But then some tiny magic |
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Starts to grow and warm your veins |
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That mystery of life |
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That somehow keeps you kind of sane |
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A daydream starts to grow |
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That hasn't been there in a while |
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The kids are in the back yard |
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And it makes you start to smile |
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The saviour rushes in |
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And grabs you hard and holds you strong |
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And not the one you wait for |
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The one that's been there all along |
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The daydream doesn't end |
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Instead your smile turns to a laugh |
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As the young ones teach you once again |
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To be the better half |
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So you suck the poison from your blood |
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And kick the bastard out |
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And walk out in the sunlight |
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Into what it's all about |
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You can't find a fix |
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You can't give up on anything |
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Especially when you're sick |
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If you're a lonely or a broken one |
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Keep giving it your all |
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So when you finally lay down |
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You'll know you didn't fall |
