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I'm Only You

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I'm Only You Lyrics

Said I'm a willow bending in your mind
I'm a mirror cracked from side to side
I'm a snow-covered mountain
In an empty room
I'm a house that burns down
Every night for you

Said I'm a doorway leading to the dark
I'm a liquid you're dissolving in
I'm a policeman working
In an empty house
I'm a distant steeple
On a long-deserted plain

Sometimes when I'm lonely,
Baby, then I'm only you

Said I'm a pattern on a china bowl
I'm a memory engraved upon your soul
I'm a prison cell without a door
I'm a finger drawing
On a frosty window pane

Sometimes when I'm lonely,
Baby, then I'm only you
Sometimes when I'm lonely,
Baby, then I'm only you

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milkman82 On Apr 18, 2006

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by vogonjr

17y ago

Loitering spook in a nook. Nice tunes though... catch-y (if only one could macro the algorithms...)

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