have i travelled too far too fast?
did i picked the right mountain to climb?
have i made the right turns on the path
towards here, towards this, towards what?

i wasn't supposed to reach this point today
and if i turn back will i find my way
and would i give it all away, no way
some days i could change my mind
is it worth the price i paid

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but is this what i sought to find?
tell me now, will I find my way?
find my way

have i travelled too far too fast?
have i made the right turns on the path
towards here, towards this
tell me now will I find my way?
find my way

you don't know who i am
you know the out and not the within
you think that i'm strong
when it's easy for me to give in

your pretty words they lift me
and i'm scared you won't find them true
put me up on a pedestal
as i tumble in front of you

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here i am, naked soul
opened up with my fears exposed
what you see is what you get
the real me, you have not met, no

you don't know who i am
you know the out and not the within
you think that i'm strong
when it's easy for me to give in

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time escapes me, as the future rapes me
throw down your hands and touch me once
fill my veins, tell me i'm alive
i'm wired on tired and i don't know why

i can't be sure, this will endure
help me understand your ways

sleep deprives me, as the night despises me
throw down your hands and touch me twice
i know that's why you're here tonight
paint me gold and sell me white

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i can't be sure, this will endure
help me understand your ways
can I endure? i can't be sure
make all of this go away

time escapes me, as the future rapes me
throw down your hands and touch me once

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Chorus

we start on level ground
then one looks at the other one
silence breaks and we're off again
tell me now will this ever end?

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let me in, let me in
let me in, let me in
love is strange, love is new
love is strange when i'm with you

when the problem seems so miniscule
and the answer is so clear
words we say push us far apart
from our lips not from our hearts

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so we make it another day
take a brick down from the wall
silence breaks and the sun shines through
love is strange when i'm with you

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yeah, strange... yeah, strange

young man walking through the snow
he's got one place he's got to go
the slush expands beneath their feet
someone special he's got to meet

doesn't know what he's in for
a girl got there just before
seems just like a welcome home
in the woods all alone

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little's know of what's to come
nothin' to be running from
i don't want to forget this time
the day that i made you mine

the slush expands beneath their feet
on the trail that they once beat
a little more than just before
a little more than just before
a little more than just before

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young man walking through the snow
he's got one place he's got to go
i don't want to forget this time
the day that i made you mine

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i don't want to forget this time

look ma, i'm in the paper again
i'm such a big girl now
yeah kenny beat me up again
but i'm a big girl now

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momma said, "come home sarah.
you really know how to pick a winner.
daddy doesn't know"

he only punched me in the gut this time
i lost my breath for a minute
he said this would be the last time
i think the baby's fine

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what color is the sky this week?
did you make him see red?
sarah, will i see you at the end of this week?
don't make him see red

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right there, right there

kneeling on the wet grass
trash can tipped on the side
my clothes, they smell like the river
trying hard not to try

i'm building a house out of paper
where does the fireplace go?
i bet you think that i'm stupid
only i'll never know

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backwards, backwards
i'll never know
backwards, backwards
i'll never know

dirt stain on my t-shirt
and i think that it's swell
no one bothered to tell me
take it out with A L L

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bad dream, no i can't sleep
images keep it too bright
you're asleep and i lie awake
drifting though too much at stake

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are you listening?
i hope not
this funning feeling's all i got
are you listening?

if i fall will you leave
i just can't take that chance
you're runnin' round in my head
lying next to me in my bed

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are you listening?

are you listening? i hope not
this funning feeling's all i got

it wasn't too long ago that she was mrs. right
all up until that fateful high school sophomore night
i couldn't believe the words that were fallin' from his lips
about the candle wax, whip cream, and leather whips

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i don't know why
why do i try?

so now i sit on the edge of my bed just like a dope
i hang my head with knots of mental anguish rope
how could she have been so right and me so freagen wrong?
it was me that got screwed, in the end, and i knew it all along

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it's a lie say goodbye
it's a lie say goodbye
it's a lie say goodbye

it's been ten long years and i see her now and then
we sit and talk about the times a way back then
i can't even talk to her and look her in the eyes
cuz what i hear right now is just a pack of lies

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she was simple; oxford and saddle shoes
she was young; innocent and new
daddy's girl; perfect in every way
sittin' in school and talking to God all day

he was coarse; cut from jagged stone
he was lost; never found a home
daddy's world; only got in the way
sittin with God and talking in school all day

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good intentions sometimes go bad
makes you wonder was it love they really had?
seven long years gone away so soon
he's ok,
she lies there, ruined... ruined

far from God for forgiveness she prays
talking with God
and asking Him to take her away

she was simple; oxford and saddle shoes
she was young; innocent and new
daddy's girl; perfect in every way
sittin' in school and talking to God all day

rumors keep on spreading
what was going through your head?
never thought the day would come
when i'd hear you were dead
got the call that night and my throat went dry
couldn't believe what i was hearing
i thought it was a lie

never know what you were feeling
the night you passed away
thought of all the good times we had
hoped the pain would go away
you fucked a lot of people
at that time you didn't know it
kept it all inside of you
too much of a man to show it
hangin' from a rope now your life is through
your body may be gone
but i will never forget you

am i in? am i not?
i'm sick of waiting for a clue
this subtle hinting makes me think
am i too good for you?

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you came back with what i want
how's that make you feel?
you came back with what i want
how's that make you feel?
stupid? pretty? pretty stupid?
the answer's still concealed

now silly shapes fill the paper walls
between me and you
take a step back and turn around
for my point of view

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it's pretty funny don't you think?
when the shit comes down on you