Is there a heart inside the night?
I can feel it's vital signs
The beat goes dry, and the spirit dies,

Ohhhhh

I wanna dig this Tinsletown until its six feet underground,
It's safe to say, that timing is everything (everything)
I wanna be free, I wanna be loved, I wanna be more than you're thinking of
Everything seems to be strange when you're alone

Played our parts and covered ground
Drowned our sorrows laid em' down
My memories keeping the effigy

I wanna be free, I wanna be loved, I wanna be more than you're thinking of
Everything seems to be strange when you're alone

One day I'll stop keeping track and give myself time to react
One day, one day

I wanna be free, I wanna be loved, I wanna be more than you're thinking of
Everything seems to be estranged when you're alone

Wanna be free, wanna be loved, wanna be more than you're thinking of
everything seems to be estranged when you're alone

Ohhhhh yeah


Lyrics submitted by bittersweet_girl, edited by AllieDeeter, Opiumre

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    Lyric Correction

    I think its supposed to be

    "My memories keeping the EFFIGY"

    instead of

    "My memories keeping the energy"

    BTW yes Effigy is a word >> —noun, plural -gies. 1. a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument. 2. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule.

    FarkM3Deadon June 29, 2011   Link
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    This has no comments; Why?

    Stryket66on May 26, 2011   Link
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    because no words can describe it's amazing

    GypsyWagonon June 04, 2011   Link

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