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What It Takes

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counting 1, 2, 3
'til this paradigm is over
you got so close to me
but i'm always getting older

i'm dying over here
i just need a breath of fresh air
i'd love to help you dear
but i'm pulling out my own hair

and i don't want to let you down
or let you slip away
and i know it's easier said than done
but i'll do what it takes

and i can feel the end
but i don't want to believe it
so i just close my eyes
and don't listen to reason

maybe it's already dead
and we dress it every morning
i've always been afraid
it would leave without a warning

but i don't want to let you down
or let you slip away
and i know it's easier said than done
but i'll do what it takes

i want you to smile
even when your world comes crashing down
i want you to smile at us and say
even if we lost it all today
there's still a bar to raise
so it's not over yet

i want you to smile
even when your world comes crashing down
i want you to smile at us and say
even if we lost it all today
there's still a bar to raise
so i'll do what it takes

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franztastic On May 17, 2014

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counting 1, 2, 3 
'til this paradigm is over 
you got so close to me 
but i'm always getting older

i'm dying over here 
i just need a breath of fresh air 
i'd love to help you dear 
but i'm pulling out my own hair

and i don't want to let you down 
or let you slip away 
and i know it's easier said than done 
but i'll do what it takes

and i can feel the end 
but i don't want to believe it 
so i just close my eyes 
and don't listen to reason

maybe it's already dead 
and we dress it every morning 
i've always been afraid 
it would leave without a warning

but i don't want to let you down 
or let you slip away 
and i know it's easier said than done 
but i'll do what it takes

i want you to smile 
even when your world comes crashing down 
i want you to smile at us and say 
even if we lost it all today 
there's still a bar to raise 
so it's not over yet

i want you to smile 
even when your world comes crashing down 
i want you to smile at us and say 
even if we lost it all today 
there's still a bar to raise 
so i'll do what it takes

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2014-05-17 01:58:49

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