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Have you seen the girl with the mind on fire?
She set out to tell the world how they suppress our desires
Said she wouldn’t back down till the rules were amended
And she didn’t give a fuck who she offended
Have you seen her now, have you seen her now?
I’ve been spending all day tryna track her down
Have you seen her now, have you seen now?
I wonder if she ever made it past this town
Have you seen the girl with the heart as big as the sea?
She looks just like you and just like me
She set out to find humanity
And the keys to set all of us free
Tell me have you seen her now have you seen her now?
The rumor is a “9 to 5” is weighing her down
Have you seen her now, have you seen her now?
I wonder if she ever made it out this town
Have you seen the girl with the mind on fire?
She set out to tell the world how they suppress our desires.
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We were worlds apart
So I fell from the stars
I travelled long and I travelled far
Then deep in the dark
I followed a spark
And it led straight to your heart
There’ll be oceans for us to tread
There’ll be bridges for us to mend
But I’ll stick through it
Oh, I swear
There’ll be mountains for us to climb
There’ll be days when the sun won’t shine
But I’ll stick to it
Oh, I swear
I’ve got scars by great white sharks
But I swam fast and I swam hard
All these miles I’ve walked
All these stumbles and falls
They led me straight to your arms
But, there’ll be oceans for us to tread
There’ll be bridges for us to mend
But I’ll stick through it
Oh, I swear
There’ll be mountains for us to climb
There’ll be days when the sun won’t shine
But I’ll stick to it
Oh, I swear
But, there’ll be so many years that pass
There’ll be others with greener grass
But I’ll stick through it
Oh, I swear
There’ll be exits along the road
There’ll be so many ways to go
But I’ll stick to it
Oh, I swear
Oh, I swear
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Just Visiting
03:22
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Your house is already a home
I’m just a visitor, I know
Well I didn’t plan to stay that long
Took off my shoes and hung my coat
Then I felt like I could belong (could belong)
If you took the time to take the boxes down to the sidewalk
You still have the paintings on your wall
I know it's not easy to let go
You cover the cracks and hide the mold
But you’re not fooling me you know
Then I felt like I could belong (could belong)
If you took the time to move on (to move on)
And I felt like I could belong (could belong)
If you took the time to take the boxes out to the front lawn.
I felt like I could belong (could belong)
If you took the time to take those boxes outside
But your house is already a home
You’re still a prisoner, I know
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Navy Blues [Acoustic]
03:51
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You kicked me down
I got back up now
The scars I wear are fading
You came around just to mess up
Now, I see right through your game
Your pretentious love brigade
You always came in the night
I didn't realize you had your armor on
You had you armor on
I had none
But when you came with the light, you were just in time
I had no one
Like a world with no sun
You were the only one
You had nothing to lose and something to prove
Shook me till' I was navy blue
Soon as I shined, you unveiled your disguise
Now i'm here left in navy blue.
Was it your intent to be the last man standing?
Now I see why you took me high.
You just flew me up to practice a crash landing
I fell right on my face
Your infectious love charade
But you came in the night
I didn't realize you had your armor on
You had you armor on
I had none
But when you came in my life, you were just in time
I had no one
And my heart was open
You were the only one
You had nothing to lose and something to prove
Shook me till' I was navy blue
Soon as I shined, you unveiled your disguise
Now i'm here left in navy blue.
You kicked me down
I got back up now
The scars I wear are fading
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Waiting Around
03:14
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Love gives you eyes that cannot see
Lips filled with words you never speak
I waited all this time to see
If you're still waiting around for me
Well I've been waiting around
And the skies' been falling down
But the world keeps spinning 'round
Who are you loving now?
Our love stretched wider than the sea
But I couldn't swim and I went to deep
Said there were things you needed in me
And we'd have to wait around and see
Yeah, well I've been waiting around
And the skies' been falling down
But the world keeps spinning 'round
Who are you loving now?
Because I've been waiting around
And the skies' been falling down
But the world keeps spinning 'round
Who are you loving now?
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Fossil Fuels
02:32
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You turned to me on like a faucet
And you left me runnin’ (drip, drip)
Till my fossil fuels were exhausted
You filled your cup to the tip
Flowers cannot bloom without precipitation
And lovers will not last without reciprocation
You took your box of matches
And you chopped down every stick
I kept you warm till I was ashes
Who taught you how to love like this?
Rivers cannot move without precipitation
And love is bound to fail without reciprocation
But you turned me on like a faucet
And you left me runnin’ (drip, drip)
Till my fossil fuels were exhausted
You filled your cup to the tip
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Happy Pretending
03:47
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Do I ever cross your mind?
I think about it every once in a while
Are you still listening to the blues?
I must admit I feel it too, sometimes
You swore I'd never make into your head
I thought you never could get under my skin
I know we cannot take back all that we said
Are you happy or do you pretend?
Do I ever cross your mind?
Picture your body laying next to mine?
Does she know you like I do?
Or is she just something to do, again?
You swore I'd never make into your head
I thought you never could get under my skin
I know we cannot take back all that we said
Are you happy or do you pretend?
Do I ever cross your mind?
A dim lit room and a glass of wine
Do I ever cross your mind?
Or is it true that you're just fine, instead?
You swore I'd never make into your head
I thought you never could get under my skin
I know we cannot take back all that we said
Are you happy or do you pretend?
Are you happy or do you pretend?
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They never taught us how to love
So we use our pain to comfort us
We never practice what we preach
Instead we find someone else to teach
We try not to see with our eyes
We fill our plates with dozens of lies
We try so hard to keep it in
We turn away from what lurks within
We are splintered and we are rotten
Deep within the walls that we’ve forgotten
All the answers to all our problems
Lie within the one who tries to dodge them
We’re so afraid to be alone
So we hoard our pain and call it home
They never taught us how to look inside
Only how to run and how to dry our eyes
We dig ourselves into a ditch
How many of us die and pretend to live?
We stop the light from leaking in
When we turn away from what lurks within
We are splintered and we are rotten
Deep within the walls that we’ve forgotten
All the answers to all our problems
Lie within the one who tries to dodge them
We are splintered and we are rotten
Deep under the floorboards we’ve forgotten
But all the answers to all our problems
Lie within the one who tries to dodge them
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Dreamer
03:46
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I awoke in a dream
I forgot I was the dreamer
I got lost by a stream
It pulled me in deeper and deeper
I forgot this place is magic
I got lost in my bad habits
I’ve forgotten who we are
I’ve forgotten who we are
We’ve been blinded by a veil
Our slumber has gotten deeper
We turned heaven into hell
The grim reaper as our leader
We forgot this place is magic
Anything we want we can have it
But we’ve taken it too far
We got lost within our scars
We forgot this place is magic
Any world we want we can have it
We’ve forgotten who we are
But it’s written in the stars
It is written in the stars
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Bridges [Instrumental]
03:29
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We were worlds apart
So I fell from the stars
I travelled long and I travelled far
Then deep in the dark
I followed a spark
And it led straight to your heart
There’ll be oceans for us to tread
There’ll be bridges for us to mend
But I’ll stick through it
Oh, I swear
There’ll be mountains for us to climb
There’ll be days when the sun won’t shine
But I’ll stick to it
Oh, I swear
I’ve got scars by great white sharks
But I swam fast and I swam hard
All these miles I’ve walked
All these stumbles and falls
They led me straight to your arms
But, there’ll be oceans for us to tread
There’ll be bridges for us to mend
But I’ll stick through it
Oh, I swear
There’ll be mountains for us to climb
There’ll be days when the sun won’t shine
But I’ll stick to it
Oh, I swear
But, there’ll be so many years that pass
There’ll be others with greener grass
But I’ll stick through it
Oh, I swear
There’ll be exits along the road
There’ll be so many ways to go
But I’ll stick to it
Oh, I swear
Oh, I swear
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