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Statues
03:19
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I could be older
I could be wiser
If it were up to me
I feel the trumpets
Down from Olympus
They say to run but
I wouldn’t risk it
I could be the one that saves you
I could save myself
All that you have been
All that you will be
Just let the sun in
Run back to Perses
Maybe we could run away because they ain’t too fast and we can bask in all the statues and the monuments of men who came before and destroyed us and they’d do it all again but that’s okay
My backs against the
Wall yet again so
I’ll take my time and
Go on with our them
I feel the trumpets
Down from Olympus
They say to run but
I wouldn’t risk it
Every story must have a lesson
Pick up the pieces and let the sun in (x3)
Every story must have a lesson
Pick up the pieces, pick up the pieces
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It’s hard to look back in anger
So meet me over there at Delevan and Main
The hands of time will wave and we’ll be strangers
It’s nice to meet you again.
Maybe this town got smaller
Or maybe I just got a couple inches taller
The hands of time will wave and we’ll be strangers
It’s nice to meet you again.
You know it’s hard to love
It’s twice as hard to hurt
And be hurt in return
But you got eyes that shine
And I’ll be standing by
To meet you again.
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Rosaline
03:45
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Rosaline
Took a trip with me
To where she used to be
With all the slopes and highs and lows
Where she would grow til she was 17
All you’ve seen
You’d float through like a dream
We’ve stripped away the screen
And all our fathers and our friends
Through our rose-colored lense we’d see
Home ain’t where you’ve been
It’s what you’re bound to do
And I’ll watch over you
The evergreen
Always seemed to be
As green as it could be
And all the lilacs and the roses
Ain’t as tall and warm as they used to be
Love don’t ever change
But you know that people do
And I’ll watch over you
Rosaline
Listens to the train
It hugs us with the rain
And bleeds away the pain we feel
In hues of teal until we start again
Home ain’t where you been
It’s what you’re bound to do
And I’ll watch over you
Love don’t ever change
And you know that I won’t too
‘Cause I’ll watch over you
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Taking It Back
03:31
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This old place is changing phases
You’re cutting corners, cutting slack
You salt the cuts and lock your back
You never wanted nothing more than (just to take it back) that
We could stay or go
Oh my
What a life!
You could be here by my side
Only if you’d like
‘Cause I
Got it right
We could laugh instead of fight
I’ll try to keep an open mind
You’re turning now to yesterday
You got a lot that you can’t say
It’s rough to tough it out if you can’t stay
We could stay or go
Oh my
What a life!
You could be here by my side
Only if you’d like
‘Cause I
Got it right
We could laugh instead of fight
I’ll try to keep an open mind
Here’s for my family
I hope you can hear me
I love you I’m sorry
For not often calling
And I’ll try to be there whenever you feel scared
I’m taking it back
Taking it back
I’m taking it back
We could stay or go
Oh my
What a life!
You could be here by my side
Only if you’d like
‘Cause I
Got it right
We could laugh instead of fight
I’ll try to keep an open mind
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Baby
Don’t you know that I love you still
And I got all this time to kill
If there’s a way then there’s a will but I can tell
That all you wanna do is dance
So come one give my love a chance
Oh how I want to be your man
Now I know that I’ll find
Some peace of mind knowing you’re fine (x2)
Slow down
Love each day out as you can
Now close your eyes and take my hand
Oh how I wanna be your man now baby
Don’t be scared you got all your life to live
I put my feet down in the sand
and I tell the world that I’m just a man
and I love you
How I love you
I’m broken and alone and I just want someone to hold
And all I want is to hear your voice
Just wanna hear
But baby that’s the way that you left me
Don’t slow down
Love each day out as you can
Now close your eyes and take my hand
Oh how I wanna be your man now baby
Don’t be scared you got all your life to live
I put my feet down in the sand
and I tell the world that I’m just a man
and I love you
How I love you
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