Lyrics

I’ll tell you a story
About avoidance and need
Ohh… you lost me like a plot
Ohh… uprooted the seed
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Little deaths
Speed hit you with his broken dreams
Ohh… avoid the need
Ohh… we weren’t what we seemed
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He clubbed you with his past
Until the safety you craved
Felt less like a tree, more like the mast
Of a ship you sailed in order to be saved
But a child can’t hide
Can only run wild
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That’s quite a weight
Think you can carry it home?
Heavier each year
Yet you bear it alone
There’s nothing left
Just a ribbon for friends
Attached to yesterday
With a rusty pin
You’re so heavy, I tried
To give you a lift
But the cuffs you had for me
Well they didn’t fit
You gotta move on
You gotta make sure
Take care of yourself
It’s the slowest cure
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The twists and turns of life
It’s a twist when dreams die on the vine
But it turned up an island wife
Arriving right on time
Right on time
Right on time