I'll use a lock that has no key
Bind you with chains
No one else can see

Let the water creep over your face
I'll send it in waves
Just to watch you perform the great escape

How long can you hold your breath
While you hold mine, I'll count and wait
Just to watch you perform the great escape

I'll pull your arms tight behind you back
Use myself as a weight
And wonder while you fade

How long can you hold your breath
While you hold mine, I'll count and wait
Just to watch you perform the great escape


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The Great Escape [Reprise Version] Lyrics as written by Orenda Fink Richard Melville Hall

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    I think this could be of a nearly ended relationship.

    She's trying to keep him with her, but despite her efforts, he still performs the great escape. Great escape, because there's so many things she uses to keep him.

    hybridcritteron October 22, 2005   Link

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