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******[verse 1] |
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i walked through the door with you, the air was cold |
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but something bout it felt like home somehow |
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and i left my scarf there at your sisters house |
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and youve still got it in your drawer, even now |
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oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze |
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were singing in the car, getting lost upstate |
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autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place |
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and i can picture it after all these days |
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[pre-chorus] |
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and i know its long gone and |
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that magics not here no more |
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and i might be okay, but im not fine at all |
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oh, oh, oh |
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[chorus] |
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cause there we are again on that little town street |
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you almost ran the red cause you were lookin over at me |
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wind in my hair, i was there |
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i remember it all too well |
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[verse 2] |
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photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red |
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you used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed |
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and your mothers telling stories bout you on the tee-ball team |
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you taught me bout your past, thinking your future was me |
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and you were tossing me the car keys, "fuck the patriarchy" |
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key chain on the ground, we were always skipping town |
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and i was thinking on the drive down, any time now |
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hes gonna say its love, you never called it what it was |
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til we were dead and gone and buried |
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check the pulse and come back swearing its the same |
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after three months in the grave |
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and then you wondered where it went to as i reached for you |
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but all i felt was shame and you held my lifeless frame |
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[pre-chorus] |
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and i know its long gone and |
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there was nothing else i could do |
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and i forget about you long enough |
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to forget why i needed to |
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[chorus] |
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cause there we are again in the middle of the night |
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were dancing round the kitchen in the refrigerator light |
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down the stairs, i was there |
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i remember it all too well |
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and there we are again when nobody had to know |
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you kept me like a secret, but i kept you like an oath |
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sacred prayer and wed swear |
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to remember it all too well, yeah |
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[bridge] |
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well, maybe we got lost in translation |
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maybe i asked for too much |
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but maybe this thing was a masterpiece |
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til you tore it all up |
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running scared, i was there |
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i remember it all too well |
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and you call me up again just to break me like a promise |
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so casually cruel in the name of being honest |
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im a crumpled up piece of paper lying here |
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cause i remember it all, all, all |
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[verse 3] |
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they say alls well that ends well, but im in a new hell |
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every time you double-cross my mind |
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you said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine |
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and that made me want to die |
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the idea you had of me, who was she? |
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a never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you |
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not weeping in a party bathroom |
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some actress asking me what happened, you |
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thats what happened, you |
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you who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes |
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sipping coffee like youre on a late-night show |
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but then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come |
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and he said, "its supposed to be fun turning twenty-one" |
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[verse 4] |
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time wont fly, its like im paralyzed by it |
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id like to be my old self again, but im still trying to find it |
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after plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own |
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now you mail back my things and i walk home alone |
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but you keep my old scarf from that very first week |
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cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me |
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you cant get rid of it |
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cause you remember it all too well, yeah |
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cause there we are again when i loved you so |
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back before you lost the one real thing youve ever known |
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it was rare, i was there |
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i remember it all too well |
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[chorus] |
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wind in my hair, you were there |
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you remember it all |
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down the stairs, you were there |
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you remember it all |
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it was rare, i was there |
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i remember it all too well |
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[verse 5] |
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and i was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes |
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"ill get older, but your lovers stay my age" |
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from when your brooklyn broke my skin and bones |
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im a soldier whos returning half her weight |
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and did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? |
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just between us, did the love affair maim you, too? |
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cause in this citys barren cold |
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i still remember the first fall of snow |
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and how it glistened as it fell |
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i remember it all too well |
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[outro] |
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just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well? |
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just between us, do you remember it all too well? |
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just between us, i remember it (just between us), all too well |
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wind in my hair, i was there, i was there |
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down the stairs, i was there, i was there |
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sacred prayer, i was there, i was there |
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it was rare, you remember it all too well |
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wind in my hair, i was there, i was there |
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down the stairs, i was there, i was there |
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sacred prayer, i was there, i was there |
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it was rare, you remember it |
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wind in my hair, i was there, i was there |
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down the stairs, i was there, i was there |
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sacred prayer, i was there, i was there |
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it was rare, you remember it |
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wind in my hair, i was there, i was there |
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down the stairs, i was there, i was there |
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sacred prayer, i was there, i was there |
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it was rare, you remember it |
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[spoken outro] |
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i love you guys so much |