| Vanished in fury of smoke
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| Before she left she spoke
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| About a problem and a plan
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| She said «I plan to make my escape
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| Gonna check out the United States
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| Can’t take this island wasteland»
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| How can I be who I want when they know me as who I am?
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| Besides, people work their whole lives hoping to get here
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| I figure they could use the room
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| A great place to get rich, have kids and die
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| I probably won’t be coming back so soon
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| How can I be who I want if I stay here with you?
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| So goodnight, Dark Island
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| It’s the weight of life spent peeking out
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| From beneath the trees
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| The way the front lawns wander on endlessly
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| And it’s not a bad life, working 9−5
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| Weekend gardening and cheating on your wife
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| But if you find yourself broken in the slow mercury of days
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| And have the courage for the traffic
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| I know a secret to escape
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| Just be who it is they want. |
| It’s easy to find your way
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| I can’t help feeling like there’s never enough
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| Never enough room for any love
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| Between the tanning bed marquees
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| And roadside church displays
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| I feel like there’s never enough
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| Friends or any friendly faces
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| Just a bunch of clever ways to say, «Jesus Saves» |