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But It Was Close

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what was it about those lies?
you let me know, now i know
if i could just cry you underwater
its not so much when now as
finding the right way
it wasnt all lies, but it was close
i wouldnt always be there
to bury my ghosts
but you werent even close
to finding the right way
but you would always end up
blame free, needle on
just when i was finally finding
something all my own
finding the right way
now i know
carry now carry now
now i know
you let me know

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xpictures.in.words On Jul 22, 2002

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2002-07-22 01:29:18

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by oh.valentine

23y ago

i adore this song! i can't believe nobody's commented. jonah is the best.

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by alk3fg

23y ago

this is an amazingly bueatiful song.

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by a sin coming on

20y ago

i absolutely adore this song, it's heartbreaking. i've always thought of it as someone waking up and realizing that the person they so admired is really a liar, or an asshole, not at all who they thought they were. I think it puts across well how foolish such an epiphany can make a person feel.

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by versusthesea

19y ago

this song makes me think of my exwife.

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