I called out across the sea
‘Normality! Can you hear me?’
But there came back no reply
I hung my head and started to cry

Well I am the shape of a lonely soldier
Oh, I am the shape of a single structure
But even the bravest Lions,
They need a sidekick
I know that even the tallest kings,
They need a sidekick

There’s no place like the place we used to go
There’s no friends like the friends we used to know
like the friends we used to know

If I could dig a tunnel I would
Oh, I’d network under your neighbourhood
Oh, We’d meet there all through the night
Drink and smoke and laugh and fight

I would see the Luna, love
You look like the moon above

There’s no place like the place we used to go
There’s no friends like the friends we used to know
like the friends we used to know

There’s no place like the place we used to go
There’s no friends like the friends we used to know

There’s no place like the place we used to go
There’s no friends like the friends we used to know
like the friends we used to know
(friends we used to know
friends we used to know)


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    This reminds me of my friends and myself. I'm a leo, and i think i am a lion, so it's no suprise i laughed at the lyrics when i first bought the album.. "But even the bravest Lions, They need a sidekick I know that even the tallest kings, They need a sidekick" I think i'm a tough nut sometimes, but this points out that we do need our friends, we're not brave enough or tough enough without them. I just recently finished school, and the last year or so, my friends and i have become less tight knit then we were before, so when i heard the lines.. "There's no place like the place we used to go There's no friends like the friends we used to know like the friends we used to know" .. I realised they are there, and I need them, they are the best thing that has happened to me!

    jessjaneon October 18, 2009   Link

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