| Measuring miles
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| stretching arms across the floor
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| It makes you wonder what you need all that carpet for
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| Leaving the patterns of your evenings beneath your feet
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| Existing on repeat
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| Face to the glass from inside looking out
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| A window’s view from outside looking down
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| Hiding your health from those around the house
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| King and his crown
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| Crown’s hanging upside down
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| I made sure you were sedated
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| Agreed to carry you across town
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| And imagined you like new
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| nodding off to the hum of a false alarm
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| I’m too uptight to believe half the things I hear
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| I’ll spin a trip to intensive care
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| A waiting room
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| patience wearing thin
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| Breathe out and breathe in
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| Prescribe a prescription of favor and fiction
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| I made sure you were sedated
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| Agreed to carry you across town
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| And imagined you like new
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| nodding off to the hum of a false alarm
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| I relayed that you’re sedated
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| I tried to carry you across the room but stalled
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| You were sprawled out and reckless
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| Seemingly weak but convincingly strong
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| It seems that everything is wrong |