(Buck/Mills/Stipe)
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As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down
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These heavy notions creep around
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It makes me think
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Long ago I was brought into this life, a little lamb
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A little lamb
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Courageous, stumbling
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Fearless was my middle name
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But somewhere there I
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Lost my way
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Everyone walks the same
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Expecting me to step
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The narrow path they've laid
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They claim to
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(chorus)
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Walk unafraid
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I'll be clumsy instead
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Hold my love me or leave me high
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Say "keep within the boundaries if you want to play"
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Say "contradiction only makes it harder"
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How can I be
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What I want to be?
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When all I want to do is strip away
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These stilled constraints
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And crush this charade
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Shred this sad masquerade
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I don't need no persuading
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I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and
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(repeat chorus)
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If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go
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I just want to hold my head up high
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I don't care what I have to step over
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I'm prepared to look you in the eye
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Look me in the eye
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And if you see familiarity
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Then celebrate the contradiction
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Help me when I fall to
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(repeat chorus 2x)
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Walk Unafraid
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| R.E.M. |
