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The way your mind works
Travels so fast
Carving your way
Through the city

And you can tell me
You get what you want
You figure it out
And you're just fine

Cuz you're talking to yourself
Don't hear a thing
Now history unfolds before you
You just shut your eyes
You just shut your eyes
It's not happening

We all go up, down
Fend for ourselves,
Or fend for each other
Fend for each other sometimes

But you keep on racing me
Like something's chasing you
Like something's gonna get you
Something's gonna get you
One day

And you're talking to yourself
Don't hear a thing
Now history unfolds before you
You just shut your eyes
You just shut your eyes
It's not happening

And you're talking to yourself
Don't hear a thing
Now history unfolds before you
You just shut your eyes
You just shut your eyes
It's not happening

You just shut your eyes
You just shut your eyes
It's not happening
No, no, no, hmm....

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queenofquiet23 On Nov 08, 2005

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by northernlightsUT

16y ago

I think this is best song in like two hundred years not that Ive been alive that long..But i think its pretty much about someone she knows or a specific type of person who is self centered and cant think deep enough to see how their actions affect/effect so many peoples lives around them, that they are involved with.

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