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Shut & bolted
05:00
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I've seen a thousand suns go down
But the dawn came just the same
I've seen a hundred boats coming sailing in
But they never bore my name
Some say this life is a sacred thing
But I'm really not so sure
It always looked to me like I’d seen it all before
I've heard a thousand lonely songs
Like a sweet and tender kiss
I've watched a hundred shooting stars burn out
But I never had my wish
Some say this life is a worthwhile thing
But I'm really not so sure
It always came to me like i’d seen it all before
I've felt a thousand raindrops fall
Streaming tears across my face
I've walked a hundred twisted roads
But I never did find me a place
Some say this life is a holy thing
But I'm really not so sure
It always seemed to me like i’d seen it all before
I know a thousand words can’t explain
What it's like when I get weak
I watched a hundred winters tales
But they never felt this bleak
Some say that this life is a living thing
But I'm really not so sure
It’s always haunted me like i’d seen it all before
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It doesn't matter
03:06
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If you wake up feeling lonely and the blues have come to stay
When you draw back the curtains and the skies have all turned grey
And if it feels to you like your life has gone astray
If you ever question why you threw it all away
And if you ever find yourself alone at the end of the day
And If you cry sometimes with thoughts of better days
And if you go out walking in the best part of the day
Imagine me there by your side and the things i would say
because
C
It doesn't matter where you are in the world I'll be with you anyway
It doesn't matter where you are in this world I'll be with you everyday
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Fading away
04:46
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Hold on
02:18
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Hold on hold on
What else can you do?
Wait up wait up
I hope you see this through
I guess that we’ve both changed
Nothing stays the same
But if you have a second thought
Don’t forget to call
Hold on hold on
What else can I do?
Wait up wait up
I hope I make it through
I don’t love you any less
It takes two to make a mess
But if you ever find the time
Don’t forget to write a line
Hold on hold on
What else can we do?
Wait up wait up
I hope we make it through
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I don't know
03:46
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I don't know what to tell you
I haven't been here before
I don't know what we do now
But we can't do this anymore
We've talked and talk about it
But we lie here still entwined
I could stay like this forever
Or maybe now's the time
To move on through and find
Can some tell me please?
And down here on my
I don't know what we do now
Should we stay or take our leave?
I just can't say these words
That I know my heart will grieve
We've talked and talk about it
But we still kiss so sweet and slow
A love like ours forever?
Or maybe you let go
To move on through I know
Can some tell me please?
And down here on my
I don't know how we got here
I don't care if it was you or me
I don't know how to bare this
And my heart just will not believe
We've talked and talk about it
But our hands just will not let go
In love with you forever
Or maybe I let it go
To move on through I know
Can someone tell me please
I'm down here on my knees
I'm down here on my knees
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Lifeline
03:08
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No one like you
04:28
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flowers on the table left by your hand
words in my head i don't understand
i feel ok alone now i guess that I have changed
and now that i am stronger nothing feels the same
no nothing feels the same
i feel like I was blind
wasting all my time
on things i couldn't see
on things i couldn't find
although I'm feeling scared
alone and ill prepared
iv'e got myself in hand
im trying to be a man
salt upon my face left from your eyes
you had to leave i understand it's no surprise
you feel ok alone now i guess that you have changed
now that you are stronger you don't feel the same
no you don't feel the same
and i wonder how we know
i wonder how you'll go
if this really is the end
or if it's just pretend
i dream that we may meet
but the dream is incomplete
still i wanted you to know
my love will never go
marks upon my heart left by your soul
i feel your arms around me whenever i get cold
we feel ok alone now i guess that we have changed
now that we are stronger we can walk away
we can walk away
but a day won't pass me by
when you're not on my mind
you know it hurts like hell
and i know you hurt as-well
but there's nothing we could do
but keep on moving through
another time another life
you could have been my wife
because there is no body else
that knows me like you do
there's no one in this world
there's no one in this world
no-one like you
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So in love
05:54
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I am so in love with you I could reach up to the stars
Gather them together and call them all ours
Lay them down like a bed made from heaven
Hold you to me and stay like that forever
I am so in love with you I could reach up to the moon
Steal the light away and bring it to your room
Let the moonlight illuminate your eyes
Lost in there forever until the day I die
CH
And I know that love can run aground
Hey I know because I have been around
But what am I to do
When i find myself still in love with you.
I am so in love with you I could reach into this world
Find all the safires the diamonds and the pearls
I would trade them all for just one more kiss
One more night with you and all those things I miss
CH
I know that love can go so wrong
I know that love don't always last that long
But what am I to do
When i find myself still in love with you.
I am so in love with you I could reach into the flame
I look into your eyes and I know you feel the same
Take my hand and you can have my soul
Take my heart with you and never let it go
CH
And I know that love can fall apart
And i know the worlds got a broken heart
But what am I to do
When i find myself still in love with you.
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