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Crash (rah rah rah)

I was falling down
I was slipping further from the top
I was going much too fast to stop

I was breaking down
It became impossible to patch
I was falling way too fast to catch

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Mistakes

There's nothing to be said
I've made my mistakes now
I'm taking a different path

You've been counting all along
So why don't you tell me
I'll let you do the math

Of all the times I failed
How many hurt you
Bad enough to turn your back
Against the one you loved
Or the one you hate now?

I've made my mistakes, oh
I've made them for God's sake
Let it go
I'm not coming back

I loved you all this time
But what's done is done now
And that is the bitter fact

Just trust me on this one
Yes, I'd seen the real you
And loved her with my heart intact

I believed you loved me, too
And it was amazing
But even icebergs melt

And love is just a word
The thinnest of threads
In a material world

I've made my mistakes, oh
That's not gonna change now
Let it go
There's no turning back

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All This Time

You twist and turn all my words
And it's hurting me inside
You talk about relationships
And then how they fuck you up

I understand your fear of me
But baby I am not that guy
You mold me into in your mind

Your sweetness is beautiful
And I want it here and now
You can't go on thinking as
If we have endless time

I understand your freedom needs
But baby I am not a guy
Who has no dignity and pride

I understand you don't know me
But baby I'm about to leave
Soon you will see
That a part of me
Will no longer be

All this time that we spent thinking
Staying up late
All this time you kept it lingering
And played it safe
All this time has gone to waste now
It won't come back
All this time has gone to waste now
We lost the chance
All this time has gone to waste now
Don't waste your breath no longer

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Kate (drunk acoustic version)

I like the pink and kinky big circle earrings that you wear to class
I like the way you dress
The way you smile

I like the pink and kinky big circle earrings that you wore to class
on a Thursday
and the way you make me feel inside

And when you come around next time
I'll grab you by your arm
and whisper in your sweet little ears

How I feel for you
and I don't know your name
But this is enough to ignite
enough to ignite me
I'm melting inside

I like the pink and kinky big circle earrings that you wear
I like the way you make your hair

I like the pink and kinky big circle earrings that you wore to class
I like the way you shake your ass

And when you come around next time
I'll grab you by your arm and talk to you
Tell you how you touch me deep inside
Just the way you look at me sends shivers down my spine

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Lexington

I saw you on the Lexington line today
And I could not believe my eyes
I squeezed into a car, turned right
Surprise, surprise!

You had a friend and her luggage with you
You must have been her host
You said it's been a week
Since you came back from West Coast

I hope your every move
Brings out that wonderful smile
I hope your every move
Lifts you far up high

I saw you on the Lexington line today
And I could not believe my eyes
You went out of state for a couple of months
But changed so much

I hope your every move
Brings out that wonderful smile
The deep blue ocean of your eyes
Begins to sparkle anew

Everyday with sunrise
Until the day you die
Never again
May you have to cry

Each and every day with sunrise
May your eyes sparkle anew
Everyday and every moment too

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Mystical Effect

Remember Meyer Hall, where we used to meet
We used to take the subway, get off and roam on our feet
Remember Cotton Club in the middle of the street
That's what you were to me, surprisingly sweet
You made me skip a beat

I can hardly see how
You had a mystical effect on me
Seems so hard to believe now
But you had a mystical effect on me

Remember Luca Lounge where we used to drink
And I would stare at you all night without a blink
You used to call me weird, you'd shy away
While I'd be thinking there's not much left till May
Couldn't you have stayed?

I wonder how things are for you in where you are
Yes I will always remember you, mon petit chat
Sometimes it still amazes me just who you are
And how I tripped and stumbled upon that spark

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Hudson in the Twilight

I know it's kind of strange
I stare at empty spaces all day long
White-colored office walls
Dark subway tunnels and long corridors

I see you everywhere
But it's not recognition I'm talking about
Nobody understands
I breathe you in and I breathe you out

Perception can be art
Not for the faint of heart
Suspend all thought
And listen to the waves tonight

Maybe it's kind of odd, I don't know
But I don't speak with real words anymore
They're nothing more than sounds
And life gets boxed in these dull symbols

I know it's not your style
But if you close your eyes
For just one moment
And listen to the waves tonight

Maybe I'm not your kind
And I can't read your mind
Suspend all thought
And listen to your heart tonight

I know I'm really weird
Sometimes I have no fear
I want to jump into Hudson in the twilight

I'd swim to Jersey shore
I'd knock on your door
I'd love you like you've never been loved before

Home is where I am
Cause God is everywhere (around me)
You are everything
Cause I see God in you (so clearly)

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The Real Thing

The more I get from you
I feel I'm burning brighter
Every single moment
An escape from conscious life

The more I get from you
I feel I'm flying higher
As close to freedom
As the day your conscience died

The more I get from you
Is this mere obsession?
Or are you truly wonderful
So as to blind my eyes?

The more I get from you
This is pure addiction
Now I'm here in heaven
And God knows where I've been
The more I get from you
Images I haven't seen

The more I get from you
I feel I'm melting faster
Merging into your skin
As I cover up your scars

The more I think of you
I think to my amazement
How come you're not here
But can send shivers down my spine?

The more I think of you
I think to my amazement
Disappointment's gone
Because the real thing has been found
The real thing I have found

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The City

My love's a mountain top that you can’t see from the fog
And the fog's your mind
There for you to see and for you to learn
But you just turn away and head for the city

It has the bright lights
It has the gasoline smell
And the cynical eyes
Makes you sick
I hope it has everything you need

My heart's a lonely place
Where you can stay as long as you want
My skirts untouched and safe
For you to find refuge anytime but you head for the city

It has the bright lights
It has the gasoline smell
And the cynical eyes
Gives you the kicks
I hope it has everything you need

They blind your eyes, make you take their flowers for real
But they're only plastic, void of life, void of the feel
These concrete blocks turned into Gods
To which you kneel, kneel, kneel

Please don't head for the city
It has the bright lights
It has the gasoline smell
And the cynical eyes
I hope it has everything you need
... that you need

Oh in the city
There are casinos
There are bars, pubs, cafes and discos
Where life is a show
All the places you want to go

My love's a mountain top that you can’t see from the fog
And the fog's your mind

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Like Gravity

I don't even remember
When this took place
All I have in my weak memory
Is a view of your face
Looking down like you lost something
Or a little shy I guess
I don't even have your number
Some kind of address

Come back here, let's do this again

Your... warmth... pulls like gravity
Your... love... could be my destiny

You don't need to know about
Relativity
To see I have no center
No clear trajectory
I want to stop free-falling
I want to feel my weight
Why won't you come and make me
Lock into orbit

Save me from this black hole I'm in
 
Just you come near
And radiate your warmth
Pull like gravity
Stop me swinging back and forth

Just you come near
And let me be a part
Of your galaxy
I want to be your satellite

Drifting along in outer space
I'm lost and aimless
Aching without my secure base
I like living on the verge of madness
But I have had enough
I chose to be my own master
But I would rather just surrender
Revolve around a star

Aching without my secure base...

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Silly Little Love Song

You step out of a plane
Into a foreign land
Where you got no family
and got no best friend

And you feel trapped in time
In what's left before your departure flight
Departure flight...

This chain of accidents
That brought you to me
All started back in 1983

But the times are different now
You're so far away from home, yes you are

Baby can't you see
Well then let me show you
Baby come to me
Cause I love you so

Baby can't you see
Baby don't you know
Baby come to me
Cause I love you so

Break the news, be quick, make it sharp like a knife
You already did what you did to me
Take it out on me if you can't take a stand
In the face of my agony
Take a chance with me, and just stay where you are
Don't go back to your country
You already did what you did to me

Baby, can't you...

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Kind of Shivering

Walking down in a lonely street
You still have time to make ends meet
Where are you going man?
To kill yourself again?

Sinking down in a bathroom tub
Drinking wine in a crowded pub
Is this your final stand?
Will you be back again?

Waking up in your car's backseat
Driving down past your lover's street
Are you gonna run away?
Do you really wanna stay?

All the people tell you what to do
You don't know why
You can't decide what's going on
The world is bothering you

All the people tell you what to do
You don't know why
You can't decide, it's cold outside
You're kind of shivering, too

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