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Just while love
Just while love
Just while love remembers
Just while love
Just while love
Just while love remembers

Unknow me
As hard as it seems
Decide it
And feel light on the breeze
And it's alright
You can lean it
You can lean it
you can lean it
you can lean it
you can lean it
You can lean it on me

And I know
It's all you can see and to shake it
To make it fall from the tree
And you're called into the water
And it holds you like a tropical disease

And you lean into the weather
And it drops you
it drops you

(Just while love
Just while love
Just while love remembers)

I was given these lungs
And I won't be ashamed no more
We were ripped from those arms
They no longer protect us
I was given these lungs
And I won't be ashamed no more
We were ripped from those arms
They no longer protect us

Unknow me
Pour me away
And pour me, pour me,
pour me away
Just while love
Just while love remembers

Just while love
Just while love
Just while love remembers

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jaake On Jan 11, 2012

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by songslover

13y ago

My favorite song of this wonderful album. Just fantastic.

I understand it as a very sad song, as the lovers are tearing apart their relationship. I am not sure if they really want to be separated, maybe some forced thing.

Orlando's voice at the last part is just amazing. It gives me goose bumps all over my arm.

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by differentforatime 12y ago

i don't think you're referring to Orlando's voice... it's Catherine Pockson from Alpines who does some backing vocals

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