Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)

Everything Familiar Has Disappeared! The World Looks Brand-New!

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Everything Familiar Has Disappeared! The World Looks Brand-New! Lyrics

I was wrong
You were not bigger than this
And long before I as Baltimore bound
You had changed
Your heart was not in it
The fewer words that tied your hands to this, the better

Cut all ties off
And retreat to your father's house
But I think it'll feel the same no matter where you are

So even if I had wanted you to stay
It wouldn't have changed anything
Anyway, if even time couldn't sober you up
Then I feel sorry sorry for you

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eltroyo11 On Oct 31, 2011

Our Love Has Made Us Pariahs

with your greatest fears realized, you will not be

an idea is a greater monument than a cathedral

Year Of The Rabbit

The Loneliness Inside Me Is a Place

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2011-10-31 13:18:22

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