You wait for a silence
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I wait for a word
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Lying next to your frame
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Girl unobserved
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You change your position
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You're changing me
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Casting these shadows
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Where they shouldn't be
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We're interrupted
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By the heat of the sun
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Trying to prevent
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What's already begun
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You're just a body
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I can smell your skin
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And when I feel it
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You're wearing thin
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But I've got a plan
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Why don't you be the artist
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And make me out of clay?
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Why don't you be the writer
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Decide the words I say?
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Cause I'd rather pretend
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I'll still be there at the end
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Only it's too hard to ask
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Won't you try to help me?
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Sat on your sofa
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It's all broken springs
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This isn't the place for
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Those violin strings
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I try out a smile
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And I aim it at you
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You must have missed it
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You always do
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But I've got a plan
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Why don't you be the artist
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And make me out of clay?
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Why don't you be the writer
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Decide the words I say?
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Cause I'd rather pretend
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I'll still be there at the end
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Only it's too hard to ask
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Won't you try to help me?
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You wait
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I wait
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Casting shadows
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Interrupted
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You wait
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I wait
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Casting shadows
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Interrupted
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You wait
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I wait
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Casting shadows
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Interrupted
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You wait
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I wait
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Casting shadows
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Why don't you be the artist
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And make me out of clay?
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Why don't you be the writer
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Decide the words I say?
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Cause I'd rather pretend
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I'll still be there at the end
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Only it's too hard to ask
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Won't you try to help me?
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Won't you try to help me?
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Won't you try to help me?
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The Writer
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| James Blunt |
