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I'm leaving by night, |
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I'm leaving alone |
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I'm leaving it lie when you waken |
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I'll be gone |
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I would not beg for me as |
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I would not beg for you |
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Though I'd like to be the one to see you through |
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Every step you have taken disappears with the tide |
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You're torn up and shaken with changing your mind |
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You haven't got the grace to say you'll finally decide |
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And you haven't got the strength to stay and fight |
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Those people who surround you |
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Only want to see you weak enough to crawl |
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They'll lie for you, decide for you |
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And buy up all your rights and all your wrongs |
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And they'll try to stop your singing in the middle of your song |
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For they do not want you free and they do not make you strong |
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But only drag you down in the hole they're coming from |
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They say you are foolish in wanting the sun |
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Say you are selfish in learning to run |
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And they'll tell you that the darkness is a blessing in disguise |
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For you never have to notice if you're sighted or you're blind |
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And they'll do their best to keep you from the light |
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You're more than beginning, you're learning to fly |
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You feel like you're falling but it passes in time |
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I hate to see a friend go down in flames without a song |
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So I'm waiting by the doorway but |
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I will not linger long |
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And I'm leaving by night, |
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I'm leaving alone |
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I'm leaving it lie, when you waken |
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I'll be gone |
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I would not beg for me as |
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I could not beg for you |
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But I'd like to be the one to see you through |