| I who frighten you, overwhelm you, run away;
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| He who pleases you and never tells you a lie
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| I who hurt you with the little I give you;
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| He is as punctual as a trip on the subway
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| In the center you
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| And a million fears inside you
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| What are you waiting for a man who is not there
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| You who want to smile
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| But you can't decide
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| Who do you want to wait for the day with
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| Who will be with you
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| Between the outward and return journeys
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| What fear is there?
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| You want to escape, you want to keep me
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| But you can't stop
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| The monster in me
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| I who consume you and drink the breath you give me;
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| He who accompanies you wherever you go
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| In the center you
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| Condemned to have to live like this;
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| In the center you who die here
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| You who want to know
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| But you can't decide
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| With whom to let yourself go to the bottom
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| And don't come back to yourself;
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| With whom to run in the world
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| And what is your world
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| You want to leave, you want to see me
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| But you can't stop
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| The monster in me
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| He so kind, he present, always yours;
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| He who doesn't disappear in the dark like I do
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| In the center you
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| You don't know which portrait to hang
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| What to get for yourself
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| You who want to smile
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| But you can't decide
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| Who do you want to wait for the day with
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| Who will be with you
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| Between the outward and return journeys
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| What fear is there?
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| You want to escape, you want to keep me
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| But you can't stop
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| The monster in me
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| You who want to know
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| But you can't decide
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| With whom to let yourself go to the bottom
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| And don't come back to yourself;
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| With whom to run in the world
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| What is your world?
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| You want to leave, you want to see me
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| But you can't stop
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| The monster in me
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| You want to escape, you want to keep me
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| But you can't stop the monster in me |