Ain't it funny how we pretend we're still a child
Softly stolen under our blanket skies
And rescue me from me and all that I believe
I won't deny the pain
I won't deny the change
And should I fall from grace here with you
Will you leave me too?

Carve out your heart for keeps in an old oak tree
Hold me for goodbyes and whispered lullabies
And tell me I am still
The man I'm supposed to be
I won't deny the pain
I won't deny the change
And should I fall from grace here with you
Will you leave me too?
Will you leave me too?

Too late to turn back now, I'm running out of sound
And I am changing, changing
And if we died right now, this fool you love somehow
Is here with you
I won't deny the pain
I won't deny the change
And should I fall from grace here with you
Would you leave me too?
Would you leave me too?


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Galapogos Lyrics as written by William Patrick Corgan

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    The finches on Galapogos Island all changed and adapted to fit their environment perfectly to survive. Isn't that what everyone does? Change to fit the environment they are living in. We all want to be excepted, we all want to survive.

    barelymissingyouon April 05, 2003   Link

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