| You measured by certainties that didn’t exist
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| You accepted forever when you barely had kissed
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| In a town at a time of a peace that no-one could find
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| The silk mills, the anthills, the tendrils,
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| Began to Unwind
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| You were keeping your balance but losing your feet
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| Living the gulf between a drum and a beat
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| It never stopped running, the blood of the contract you signed
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| The weak wills, the nerve pills, the treadmills,
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| Began to Unwind
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| You knew how many fractures make up a big break
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| But it took without giving and left you to shake
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| Forging ahead but somehow always falling behind
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| The cheap thrills, the stand stills, the bar bills,
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| Began to Unwind
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| A lover too late after a premature wife
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| Touching the limits of a limitless life
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| In the teeth of a gale as it bit and started to grind
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| The saw mills, the drink spills, the untils,
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| Began to Unwind
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| You measured by certainties you only invented
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| In a life that you paid for but still only rented
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| You figured that leaving was kinder than being unkind
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| The wind chills, the windmills, the free wills, |
| Began to Unwind |