How promising the start
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Of the letter being read until the captain proclaimed
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"Dying is my heart"
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And then a hush befalls the crowd as the theater exclaimed
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"Now our hero's part is played"
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And they continue as the lights come on and they get up to go
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"And we were all betrayed fo our champion he screams and cries like us"
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Do they deserve to know that...
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Yes
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I'm unprepared
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And in the face of it all
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I guess I get just the littlest bit scared
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Yeah me
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I feel around
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In the darkness of an empty house
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And there's nothing there
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Just a terrified chameleon hiding out
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In the thinnest of air
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Should the love inside me die
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Come save me I'll be drowning just a few feet from the beach
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Please give it your best try
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Though I may do my best to distance you and keep your arms from reach
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I'm really asking you to stay
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But the only way that I know how is by riddle or by game
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It seems no on wants to play
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And as I float on out to sea I never really sink
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I just drift and say that...
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Yes
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I'm unprepared
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And in the face of it all
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I guess I get just the littlest bit scared
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Yeah me
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I feel around
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In the darkness of an empty house
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And there's nothing there
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Just a terrified chameleon hiding out
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In the thinnest of air
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If ever I can ease your pain
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Well I don't think I'd release you I'd spin fairy tales instead
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Or else you'd never need me again
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And though I know that hold's pathetic it's letting go that I greater dread
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Call it a joke to hide a dream
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And it takes a good deal more than joking to make any dream come true
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So rock & roll and kick & scream
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For what it's worth I can't resist this flame and fire
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To finally say to you that...
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Yes
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I'm unprepared
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And in the face of it all
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I guess I get just the littlest bit scared
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Yeah me
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I feel around
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In the darkness of an empty house
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And there's nothing there
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Just a terrified chameleon hiding out
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In the thinnest of air
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Yes
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I'm unprepared
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And in the face of it all
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I guess I get just the littlest bit scared
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Yeah me
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I feel around
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In the darkness of an empty house
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And there's nothing there
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Just a terrified chameleon hiding out
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In the thinnest of air
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Extracted from the liner notes for the album "Truth Be Told"
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Words by J. Popper
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Music by J. Popper and B. Hill
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Thinnest Of Air
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