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I Am Nothing

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you, traffic on the line
strangers all around
nothing here but time
i don't see a sound
floating high above
every little town
people who can love

please don't leave me now
i am nothing
please don't leave me out
i am nothing

you, coursing through my veins
pulsing every pound
panic on parade
cutting through the crwod
music fills my brain
i know i let you down
take me back again

please don't leave me now
i am nothing
please don't leave me out
i am nothing

you, footsteps on the floor
do they make a sound
open up the door

please don't leave me now

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by manic4manics

13y ago

Very cheery. Probably about an ended relationship she can't really function without and her trying to beg to be taken back. Not really like feisty, feminist Nellie- could it be trying to highlight how many women do revolve their whole life around a man, and the dangers of it?

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