We escape from the house
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As the day disappears from the sky
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Into night
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We became what we wanted to be
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Like a dream or a ghost
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I collapse out of turn
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Near a house
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Lying still in the grass and felt the heat from the ground
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Rising up to contract and expand like a breath
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We escape from that place
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Soaked with sweat and the poison we drank
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Fill the bathtub with ice and hope this fever will break
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Like a heart
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Easily
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But I do not recall all the words that were formed
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On those wire lips as they greeted me
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A promise was made without thought as the temperature climbed
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And I started to sink like the moon
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Tends to do if you stare at it too long
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Then you blink and its gone
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And we crawl to our sleep with the dawn
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And isn't it the same mistake? [x3]
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It's not much of an escape
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And isn't it the same?
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I awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm
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Close the blinds and retreat until what is burning is gone
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And it's light is away
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Then we are back in the dark
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Chasing nothing through backyards and trees
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You ripped your shirt on a fence but it didn't get me
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Yeah it's fear
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It makes you slow
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And these creatures look crooked
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Their shadows cut lines through my face and the concrete is fire
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Where my bare feet are placed
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In a line next to yours
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And I guess I'm not sure if it was fear that was born
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As those awful eyes made their claim on us
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I put my hands on the fence
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Said your name
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And I started to climb
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And it must have been sweat but I drank it like wine
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It was sweet and my mouth was dry
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I heard you scream but I made no reply
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I can still taste it now if I try
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The Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweat
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| Bright Eyes |
