I thought that you knew her,
I thought that you cared.
But what am I to do,
At four in the morning,
With her back against us all?

Running out of runarounds,
Gently down the stream.
How could you make me who I am,
When I made you who you are?

Gently to the end with me,
Rowing at your side.
Through Denver's cold and frozen eyes,
I thought I saw, I thought I saw you standing there.

Unclouded end.
Clearly words work themselves back to me.
From the top of the bottom it's all the same.
"It's all the same," she screamed, she screamed, "It's all the same."


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1000 Paper Cranes Lyrics as written by Joshua Allen Cain Jesse Mack Johnson

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    great song about a person that got turned away from their friend or possibly girlfriend. maybe this person felt better than the person, like higher than them.

    DaPolitixon April 02, 2003   Link
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    what a great song

    DarkApathyon March 03, 2005   Link
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    wheres all the comments? i just heard this on the atticus comp and its awesome

    BlahBl1nkM3on March 26, 2005   Link
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    oh yea and the vocals are incredible

    BlahBl1nkM3on March 28, 2005   Link
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    i heard it on atticus too, great song

    oNeMore_LASTchanceon January 16, 2006   Link
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    There's a Japanese legend that says if you fold 1000 paper cranes (senzaburu) the gods will grant you a wish.

    manorexicon July 14, 2006   Link
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    To Manorexic: Isn't the legend that it'll save your life? Or something =\

    Xx_RAiNEon August 08, 2006   Link
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    I absolutely love this song and wish it was released on something other than their Kids For America EP... but yes, 1000 Paper Cranes portrays to a story I believe in which a girl folds some cranes and is granted a wish and it went on to become a...myth... or legend... Check this link if you want more info...

    pacificfriend.ca/html/one_thousand_paper_cranes.html

    whelp22on October 08, 2006   Link
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    well in Japan they believe that if you fold a thousand paper cranes you get a wish... good song!

    And182on December 05, 2006   Link
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    where can you go to get this song? it looks really good

    sneef2010on December 31, 2006   Link

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