We made the world believe we didn't care
We gate crashed parties and just stood and stared
We moved to London and stayed in all year
You wrote poetry while I disappeared

You made a choice for us to live it up
I've got a voice inside me saying give it up
Let's get out of here, let's find a new career
You be famous, I'll disappear

I erase myself again
I erase myself again
I erase myself again

I need security, you favour chance
I ponder everything while you advance
You bring the world to me and I just sneer
In your shadow I disappear

I erase myself again
I erase myself again
I erase myself again


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Disappear Lyrics as written by Steven John Wilson

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    I think this is about being with someone who becomes famous while you don't get noticed.

    [Service to busy]on July 07, 2008   Link

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