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SuddenlyAutumn

Published: Jun 3, 2014

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do you ever see someone broken and think
i could fix you, i could fix you,
i could fix you gently
in the places that you hurt

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do you ever see a pane of glass letting
the day in or keeping out the night
and think, i could break you
i could break you, i could smash
straight through you with these
awful hands of mine

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do you ever see someone leaving
and think, you should stay you
should stay, you should stay, you
should moor your ship in this moment
for as long as we both shall live

//

do you ever see someone glancing up from
the sidewalk and think, you should run
you should run, you should run,
oh girl, he's going to get you

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