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Hey, remember when we could save kittens from trees? Or lunch on skyscrapers? Bring the villains to their knees? Maybe we should move someplace new, and build time machines to go and get us back. Back before we were brittle. Hey, remember when all of time stood still? And really all you'd need was a peck from her? Maybe we should trade from some physics or black market spines to go and get us back.

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bignothing On Dec 05, 2007

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by LargoLagrande

18y ago

It's sort of just a glance back on how everything seemed to be possible at some point in your life, but now old, and brittle we have lost this childlike hope.

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by maureenomalley23

17y ago

i love this song. it's looking back on all the possibilities that a relationship once had,

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by BleatsandTinks

17y ago

this song always brightens my day.

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