A massive moon
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a jumped-up ape
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I kiss the earth and choke
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and make it to Gatwick
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with a drill
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and ten red roses
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I slip and fall
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a banana skin
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break out my heart
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only waving
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this night's fine
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and all is fair
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in love
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and the war within me raging
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you kill me off in theory
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then you pardon me for breathing
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the sweet smell of the street
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it was so forgiving
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I threw everything at you
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my misery, my joy and truth
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my haemorrhaging time
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you probably don't remember me
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et in Arcadia ego
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my feelings did so very much for you
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I threw nearly everything at you
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my misery, my joy and truth
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my haemorrhaging time
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and my piecemeal grief
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and all I was in other eyes
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I described it as I did
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I tried to find the words to buy you
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cut through to your pretty bones like kindness
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you didn't love me with a vengeance
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It was always coming true
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am I lucky to be alive, my friend?
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I've been expecting you
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You probably don't remember me
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the bad old days and so on
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back when there was something wrong with love
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little room, jumped-up ape
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I kiss the floor and joke
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"You're not the only child round here"
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in seaweed paint I dance for you
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round the ruins, round the view
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the Helen & Menelaus Snack Bar
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then you killed me off in theory
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et in Arcadia ego
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my feelings did so very much for you
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The pain is so extraordinary
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this pain in all its story tells me
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pain's the best all purpose preservative
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you were one of my better creations
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everything's permitted I hereby swear
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I cannot change this is how I see it
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in these words not other words
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nor at other times nor otherwise
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nor otherwise nor otherwise
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You didn't love me with a vengeance
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it was always coming true
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am I lucky to be alive, my friend?
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I've been expecting you
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I've Been Expecting You
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| Luxuria |
