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She forced a smile, said, "Boy, come kiss my mouth.
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You know that hope you're holding to? It looks an awful lot like fear.
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Now, you're so quick to fall on failure, and so quick to raise your voice, like,
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'If I can't find a mistake to blame, we didn't have a choice.'
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Oh, but you had an option.
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I was your chance to feel complete,
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But when I leaned in close to you, you
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Kissed your fear instead of me.
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You had my hand in your hand,
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You had my lip in your teeth,
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You had my heart on your sleeve,
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You had a chance to breathe.
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But, boy, you wouldn't let your fear recede so I moved on.
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And it's too late to change your mind now,
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You got scared, boy, and I got gone.
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Now you failed, and there's no way to turn back time.
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You had your chance, boy, I tried."
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"You tried?" I looked her in the eye and smiled,
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"My girl, you must understand that fear is not some product that I made.
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It crept unwelcome in my head the day they had her torn away.
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It changed me.
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Now at the end of every day I lie awake at night and wait
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To feel the wires of my brain get cut and quietly rearranged, and
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Hear my beaten heart exclaim, 'Still, I refuse to let her go.'
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So we escape to our mistakes for they wait patiently for us.
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Oh, how they always wait for me.
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If my fear has kept me here, only my fear can set me free.
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And I'm sorry, dear, but don't you dare speak another word.
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How could I risk holding your heart in me while still in love with her?
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You were wrong."
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___________________
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Name Damaged Goods
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Artist La Dispute
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Album Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair
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