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In the tunnels of our silence |
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In the bounds of our mistrust |
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I longed for your patience |
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And cried out for your lust |
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I've been looking for something |
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That could make me more aware |
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That you are truly someone |
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Who gets lonely who gets scared |
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In the confines of our love |
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I thought |
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I saw solution |
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That cleared away the smoke |
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And pulled out our pollution |
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In the gutters of |
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New Orleans |
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The children laid there crying |
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The dreams that they were living |
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Are crumpled up and dying |
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They are dying |
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The symphony has ended |
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The conductor has just left |
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And all that now remains |
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Is your blindness and your theft |
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The melodies are broken |
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And the music sounds so wrong |
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And now I know for certain |
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That this just can't go on |
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What is wrong? |
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Because you can't escape |
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From the all the things you've done |
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And all the wars you waged |
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Can now never be won |
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Your books should all be burned |
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Your head is being filled |
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With false and useless knowledge |
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That just might get you killed |
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Cause what you now desire |
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Is what you most regret |
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You think you know what's true |
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But then you're put to the test |
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And what is left |
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Of your new |
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Orleans dreams |
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I have been the slave |
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And I've been the auctioneer |
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I have played the priest |
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And I've been the racketeer |
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But I have learned one thing |
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They're all one and the same |
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One man's freedom is another man's guilt |
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And another's chains |
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Of what remains |
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Because I know a secret |
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That I conceal down below |
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You try to act so cool |
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But I think you've lost control |
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And the bells they are ringing |
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So now what will you do |
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Will you slumber through the storm |
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Or will you walk right through |
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What will you do |
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The judge has robed and entered |
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And the court is now in session |
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The law has been laid down on you |
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And there's no chance to petition |
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You own the keys to unlock your prison |
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And baby when you go |
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Call on me cause |
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I'll be waiting |
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Brother don't you know |
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I'll be waiting |
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In your New |
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Orleans dreams |