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truth
there were several times when i said the truth / with pride / just because it was the truth
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we are at war/we are not at war at all
my eyes were wide open / when you pulled the trigger / but i said love like i meant it
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mortality is beautiful
mortality is beautiful / like a fragile bird / on a floral print
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freezing (part 2)
it wasn't really that cold / but i pretended / and you went along
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you get me
you get me / and that's not true / at all
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freezing (part 1)
and it's so god-damn cold i can't breathe / i want you to know that i want you to be / here when i wake up, in case we both freeze.
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ideals
you wanted louder / so i increased the volume / and let my emotions fend for themselves
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exactly like this
fingers on fabric / electric and prickly / rigid with tension
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touché
you have taken up the habit / of ending all of / our conversations
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just the breath in your lungs
like smoke / and flame / and all the things
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