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Well I've never had a better friend than you
And you know it, don't you?
Never had a cause or point to prove
Gotta keep you safe I
Might be gone but I will linger on
In parts of all of you
Inside of each of you
Well I've never had a better friend than you
But my hands are cold you
Don't accept it's what I always do
Rushing head first without
Slowing down to think my actions through
Cause it's what I always do
Gotta keep you safe, I do
Let me quote some sentiment
(Cause) I'm not sitting on the fence
Life is lived like gold gets spent
And I'm finally bankrupt
Gotta say I'm finally bankrupt
CHORUS:
I'll watch over you
As you live like people do
Moving on or through
And I'll keep an eye on you
All I want is for you to be happy
All I want is for you to be happy
So I'll watch over you
In the longest afterlife
So there's nowhere left for us to travel to
Cause I'm so damn tired and
No one really knows what we've been through
Though our story's famous there's
No one left who doesn't know our names
But it's really not the same
No it's really not the same
Let me let you in my life
Lost my sister and my "wife"
I'm as quick as any lie
But a deal is a deal
Yeah, a deal is a deal
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I can't believe I called you friends
I should've known better, yeah I should've known better
I can't believe you shorted me again
I should've seen it coming, hell, I should've seen it coming
CHORUS:
We're not, we're not really good people
Though we like to pretend we are
And we lie to ourselves
But we go to, go to far
How could you do this to me?
I'm not the same anymore
You're certainly sure that I am better alive
But let the fate decide
Cause I might die, and die again
How could you tell her these things?
Don't you know happiness brings
Responsibility to lead
A life she might need
My blood left to bleed
But I plan to die and die again
I needed space but you took it's place
And you breathed in all my oxygen
I needed trust but you took too much
And you took my love
But you took too much
I needed space
But you took it's place
And left me no choice at all
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Deserve The Good
04:46
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We danced around each other
I couldn't give a reason why
We danced around each other
Was I so afraid to try?
We danced around each other
Though everything it seemed alright
This dance was just my cover
I couldn't look you in the eye
CHORUS:
So I went away
Seemed like a day or two
And I stayed away
From you
Cause I want to be good for you
And I played this game
I should've been straight with you
So I'll stay away
One day
I might deserve the good in you
We danced around each other
Like particles or magnets do
Attracting and repelling
But I'm my best when I'm with you
We danced around each other
And honestly I can't explain
You changed a part inside me
You changed me now I'm not the same
BRIDGE:
Everything that I deserve
Are the worst things in this world
But you always see the light in me
Every day that I walk on
Is my reason I belong
And I'm looking back on who I was and who I'm going to be
Suddenly
I start to feel the light in me
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Upset
03:39
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You destroy me
When you say you want to leave
Because you're hurting
But you're hurting me, you're hurting me
So go destroy me
Bring me down onto my knees
You need the distance
I need protection
From the people we seem to be
CHORUS:
And I know myself
So I slow my breath
I won't give you the satisfaction
No I can't give you the satisfaction
Of seeing me upset
Over you
You never listen
And you wouldn't listen now
So now you're leaving
You say you're leaving
Because of what we did right now
(So go destroy me)
You never knew it
Though I loved you all the same
I didn't know it
I didn't know it until the moment finally came
(Until you finally said my name)
COUNTER:
And I know myself, yeah I know myself
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Think We're Better
03:51
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We can think, think we are, think we're better than
But sometimes we're just at our worst
And I'm done trying to impress you with my words
Let me actions take the stage
And you'll never chain me down like you want to
And you'll never own my soul
CHORUS:
And this is the part where I come up with a clever analogy
That correlates with our relationship
But you're not even worth the breath it takes my lungs to sing
The words that I might choose to verbalise
You can try, try to hold me down with guilt
But my heart is numb to that
And I'm done trying to outsmart or outlast you
I'm just giving up on you
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Tibs
03:26
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Oh these memories that we all made and though there is pain
There is a pride from deep inside that you would fight for all that is right
And though you're gone, we carry on like you would want
And if we had another way, but you will stay forever young and
we will sing another song for you tonight
We know where you're from and where you are now
We'd bring you back home but time won't allow
This sentiment is wearing through my skin
Pieces of your cloak, a steady stream, emotion chokes
Me like a hand and if I can, I hope you find yourself again
And maybe death, this stupid death, that leaves us left in shadow realms
The feeling comes, the feeling goes, it under minds and overwhelms me once again
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Fate
03:37
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Everything has an end
And everything has it's time
We've just been cheating ours
Now it's our turn to cry
Everyone has a choice
Everyone has a path
We've been ignoring ours
But Fate has her final laugh
I need you
Like you need me
We're our directional centres
Like a compass when you're at sea
We can all roll the dice
We can all have our plans
But no one escapes themselves
We fall or decide to land
We've been running
We've been running for so damn long
We've had this coming
We've had this coming now all along
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Based on these current events
We never seem to get away from our past
Something always comes back
To haunt us or to pay us with some payback
CHORUS 1:
Why can't I trust anyone?
Why can't we trust anyone?
Based on the way (that) we've lived
We always seem to make enemies so quick
(And sometimes we're a) step away from a friend
But we're too quick to shoot and then ask questions
CHORUS 2 COUNTER:
Stabbed in the back
Friendly attacks
Foes with an aligned purpose
Betrayed one by one
All that we've done
Words & their weapons hurt us
I'm better safe than sorry
I can't believe your story
I'm better safe than sorry
I just can't believe your story
Insight check
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The Phantom Twin
04:49
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We used to be matching set
We used to be a pair
We used to be inseparable
But now you're not here
We used to be a little opposite
We're used to being together
But now you're guarding the dead for, the Raven Queen
At least you'll live on forever
Blood is blood and death can't end my love
Love is strong and death won't hold my heart
We used to be unstoppable
We used to run this town
But there is no returning things
After what went down
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The Way We Go
02:27
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We save the world
In a way, several days in a
Row seeds we sow
Will come back
And we'll know
It was always one of us
It was always what we chose
It was always on the cards
In the dice, in ways we go
We sing the songs
Cast the spells
With our voices
Louder than yours
Gives us pause
But we don't stop trying
You were always one of us
We were always trading blows
But a friend is more than that
More than blood, more than empty notes
Peel back the lies
We're on fire
But you might hide
Who you might be
Mysteries
But get them straight
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