Intro
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[Verse 1]
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With the conviction of the woman you made me,
I find
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Blades of grass from the island you lent me,
I find
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On every floor, in every drawer
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Though I'm not an island, I'm a body of water
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Jeweled in the evening, a solitary daughter
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If picked at by noon, by midnight I'm ruined
[Chorus]
F#m E
Leave me alone to the books and the radio snow
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Leave me alone to the charcoal and the dancing shadow
[Verse 2]
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If each blade of grass was meant here for me
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Split apart, sliced, and wedged in for me
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Who's gonna treat it? I'm not going to need it
[Chorus]
F#m E
Leave me alone to the books and the radio snow
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Leave me alone to the charcoal and the dancing shadow
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I am a lake, I don't need to be watered
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I am an ocean, I don't need to barter
[Interlude]
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I play with the moon, my only friend
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It pushes it pulls me, I don't pay rent
Esus
I don't need the walls to bury my grave
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I don't need your company to feel saved
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I don't need the sunlight, my curtains don't draw
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I don't need objects to keep or to pawn
Esus
I don't want your pity, concern, or your scorn
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I'm calm by my lonesome, I feel right at home
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And when the wind blows I get to dancing
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My fun is the rhythm of air when it's prancing
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[Outro]
F#m E
Leave me alone to the books and the radio snow
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Leave me alone to the charcoal and the dancing shadow