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I'll Keep the Things You Throw Away

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I'll Keep the Things You Throw Away Lyrics

How would it feel to never exist
And how did it come to this
Save your thoughts for another day
I'll keep the things you throw away

If you love something, if you love something
Don't hide it away, don't hide it away
I'll keep the things you throw away

And you know you will never be me
Save it all as a memory
It's in the things we do and say
I'll keep the things you throw away

If you love something, if you love something
Don't hide it away, don't hide it away
I'll keep the things you throw away

It would-a-been something, maybe nothing
Maybe something, I don't know

(?)How there you lovers
Welcome to this world
Do not forsake your brothers
Promise you my girl

This is something you'll learn

See those words, watch them fade away
Now I have nothing to a-say
Come on wait for another day
I'll keep the things you throw away

If you love something, if you love something
Don't hide it away, don't hide it away
I'll keep the things you throw away

I though we were better than this
Thought we'de be stronger than this
I though we were better than this
Thought we'de be stronger than this
I though we were better than this
I hoped we'de be stronger than this

I though we were better than this

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mellow_harsher On Oct 02, 2015

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How would it feel to never exist
And how did it come to this
Save your thoughts for another day
I'll keep the things you throw away

If you love something, if you love something
Don't hide it away, don't hide it away
I'll keep the things you throw away

And you know you will never be me
Save it all as a memory
It's in the things we do and say
I'll keep the things you throw away

If you love something, if you love something
Don't hide it away, don't hide it away
I'll keep the things you throw away

It would-a-been something, maybe nothing
Maybe something, I don't know

(?)How there you lovers
Welcome to this world
Do not forsake your brothers
Promise you my girl

This is something you'll learn

See those words, watch them fade away
Now I have nothing to a-say
Come on wait for another day
I'll keep the things you throw away

If you love something, if you love something
Don't hide it away, don't hide it away
I'll keep the things you throw away

I though we were better than this
Thought we'de be stronger than this
I though we were better than this
Thought we'de be stronger than this
I though we were better than this
I hoped we'de be stronger than this

I though we were better than this

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