Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I am the boy your mother wanted you to meet but I am
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broken and torn with heels at my feet
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And with your purest light why don't you shine on me
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Well I should have been an angel but I'm too dumb to speak
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Now as she gets nearer, the visions get clearer
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I'm kneeling, weeping. I will hold her dear
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Oh, if your eyes water, you've got your favorite number to spin
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And oh, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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what a crying shame, a crying shame
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What we became
[Verse 2]
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Murdered my throat, screaming bloody all night
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Hit him with a book and how he crumbles
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Oh you should have seen the arches tumble
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Their golden no more, now I'm smiling in my blood
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I'm caught in a whirlwind
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I'm going to heaven
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I'm standing on trial and it's painted on canvas
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An eternal testament to how we are so animalistic
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And oh,ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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what a crying shame, a crying shame
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What we became
[Verse 3]
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I bow my head in the morning light and say goodnight
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I held her hand and I, I kissed her eyes
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Stumbled down the stairs and hang my self on high
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And I started for the town that I have a front yard and died