| Took me years to make my motives clear
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| And the days have not been kind
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| Once a steady gaze and charming smile
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| Has been buried in the lines I find
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| I walk in the noise, quiet employs
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| And darkness seems to know just where I am
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| Mother wash the devil from my hands
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| Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand
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| Mother, tell me was it all a lie?
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| Show me where the angels die
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| There are words that never found my lips
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| There are words I’d soon forget
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| Thought the trick was never to look back
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| But it seems I’ve lost my grip, I slip
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| The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
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| And somehow all the bullets bear my name
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| Mother wash the devil from my hands
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| Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand
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| Mother, tell me was it all a lie?
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| Show me where the angels die
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| Took the road but should have chased the stars
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| Now I’ve lost my own way home
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| Had a photo of the time we shared
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| But I burned it long ago, I know
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| I struck all the matches stuck in the ashes
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| Forgive me, won’t you simply speak my name?
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| Mother wash the devil from my hands
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| Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand
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| Mother, tell me was it all a lie?
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| Show me where the angels die
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| Die
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| (The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
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| And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
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| The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
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| And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
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| (Took the road but should have chased the stars
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| Now I’ve lost my own way home
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| Had a photo of the time we shared
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| But I burned it long ago)
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| The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
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| And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
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| The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
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| And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
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| (Took the road but should have chased the stars
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| Now I’ve lost my own way home
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| Had a photo of the time we shared
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| But I burned it long ago)
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| The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
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| And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now) |