What Is It That I Need That I Dont Already Have
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What is it that I need that I don't already have?
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Who was there in the past that I couldn't seem to save?
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But will I seem so smart, me and my broken heart
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When I am pretending to be brave
Verse 2
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What is there up ahead that I can't already see?
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Startling as it seems, well, it's supposed to be
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Where am I going next?
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And if no one objects
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Just close the door and that'll be the end of me
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What is it that I lost that I don't really need
Some glasses for my eyes
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And an hour or two of speed
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My hands don't blister, my hands don't bleed
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But I'll never be contented, repent or ever be lamented
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'Til I'm planted down like rotten crops
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And covered up with weeds
Verse 3
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What is it that I want that I can't already taste?
A damson from a tree
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A girl that I once chased
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A girl who ran away and wanted to be caught
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Then bade farewell to my love like some merchandise she bought
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Things are going up like blasphemous prayers
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I burned up all my paper money on those London derrieres
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Prayers and paper money will burn until you choke
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The things I should have said
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They were so easily left unspoken
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I didn't break you down
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You were already broken
Verse 4
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What is it that I need that I don't already have?
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Who was there in the past that I couldn't even see?
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But will I seem so smart, me and my broken heart
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When I am pretending to be free?
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When I am pretending to be free?
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When I am pretending to be free
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