Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June

We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream

And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Mother weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling
So bad

When I can, I will
Words defy the plans
When I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this

No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will


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    This was actually a good cover..i liked it. it was a good SP song for them to do..

    but NO WAY was it better than the original. Even the live version was better..haha but SP is amaazing

    princessKATIEon June 20, 2007   Link
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    I agree, it was a really good cover.

    laurasaurusxon June 21, 2007   Link
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    Probably the best Smashing Pumpkins cover I've heard... Really good cover. I was surprised.

    YourOwnDisaster xon June 21, 2007   Link
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    I saw this song on TAI's MySpace and I just though "Wth happened?" Then I realized the song and yeah, it all fit together. Aha. I love TAI; they do great covers. :]

    miss_lorenon July 26, 2007   Link
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    I saw it on TAI's myspace too and I somehow knew others would want to find the lyrics so i researched it and posted this. TAI is amazing...especially live!

    bluchickenlvr04on August 09, 2007   Link
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    yeah i love this song, i love how great of a job they did on it:) it was my profile song for a while. anyways i love the academy is... more than life:)

    tacademyis123on September 24, 2007   Link
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    It doesn't sound like the original, but covers aren't supposed to. Beautiful.

    crash_the_partyon January 02, 2008   Link
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    This is one of the best Smashing Pumpkins covers I've heard. TAI = <3

    GraceEmmaon February 26, 2010   Link

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