You came with your faith unshaken,
Unabashed oh my darling you're amazing,
With your hands so cold and full of callouses.

Your name was the only word that I hear,
I Cut your hair short so I could see your ears,
And I could know you hear my name, hear my name.

You'll be strong and I'll be sure.

All I could pray for is that you'd please wait for
Me until I am a Master of Art,
Until I have done everything.

Then I swear we can go away for just as long as you think you could take me,
You should know that I am often difficult

And we'll move to it away,
Won't break our fingers when we wake up
And we'll stay inside a shape,
And we will never ever worry
Never ever worry, yeah. Oh~

Don't tire of,
Don't tire of me yet.

I could lie and say to you that this would soon be over,
I could lie and say I knew, that I'd be waking up tomorrow.

You came with your faith unshaken,
Unabashed oh my darling you're amazing,
With your hands so cold and full of callouses.

I could lie and say to you that this would soon be over,
I could lie and say I knew, I would be waking up tomorrow,
I could make a shape for us to stay until we have to go away again,
Away is just a little again. Oh


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Master of Art Lyrics as written by Laura Anne Stevenson

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    furthermore, "Until we have to go away again, away is just a little longer", probably refers to going away on tour again, as most tours only last for a few weeks at a time but the entire lifestyle puts significant strain on relationships and so on.

    m0thlandon May 07, 2014   Link

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