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seems. Spend-ing days in si - lent fear and spend-ing nights in lone - ly prayer

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hop - ing that one day when you wake those feel - ings won't be

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we're a lone it all some-how makes sense.

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You learn to play the straight man. Your lines be - come rou-tine.

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mean. But I know the scene will change. White pick - et fen - ces and a dog

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a tro - phy bride and chil - dren. God, I know that's what he wants.

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But Ja-son, what role do I play? Am I a sav - ior or a phase?

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Am I here to damn you or to help you nav - i - gate this

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maze? Where con - fu - sion is a crime so you fill your life with sound

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and if you dance like hell you hope you nev - er touch the ground.

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One day he'll rea - lize that these feel - ings aren't go - ing a - way.

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So we drive our - selves in sane, spin - ning cir - cles in our souls

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