You built it up brick by brick
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Put your heart into this baseless myth
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Nurtured it like a child
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And dressed its wounds when it ran wild
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You stopped to fix your face
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Someone else stepped in and took your place
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Now everything you once knew
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Is running circles around you
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A car door slamming in your road
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It jolts you like a kick inside
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A year old message on your phone
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That catches you when you can't hide
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I see you in the service station sign
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I see you in the supermarket line
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I see you silhouetted on a wall
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But I don't see myself there at all
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This vessel of Balsa wood
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Is the fag end tail of amoeba-hood
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The busying cast confer
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And get their taste of the drama
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You stare through mindless daytime shows
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And curse yourself for growing old
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The sterile scent of shaving foam
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Reminds you of another world
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I see you in the roofless sombre sky
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I see you when the lovers stop outside
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I see you silhouetted on a wall
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But I don't see myself there at all
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I see you in the sweetness of our child
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I see you in the supermarket aisle
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I see you when I'm kneeling on the floor
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But I can't see myself anymore
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Hard times got the upper hand
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Stole our feeble plans
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The faces, shot me, spin me round
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But I won't lie down
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Hard times shake me to the bone
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Face bruised, bloody nose
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Shell shocked, crawling on the ground
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Still I won't lie down
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No I won't lie down
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No I won't lie down
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I won't lie down
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Myth
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| Keane |