Key: Bb minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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but there's plenty to believe in
Why'd you have to let her
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touch your feel ings?
I always gave you everything
that you needed
All you had to do was ask,
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but you just got greedy
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Now the only time we talk is
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when we talk alone
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To the voices that you leave on your
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mechanical telephone
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your voice set free
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the tongues and claws
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violin so lo
who was easy
You always said I'd be the first to walk
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But can she free me?
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Now we rarely talk alone
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We usually speak in groups
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Who are used to you
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They like to listen to their own mouths move,
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they like to watch your jaw drop too
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But the way the seasons fade when the covers are made,
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and I'm so far away
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Mmmm
Bet you thought it'd be an easy thing
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Wonder for the vision and the after -play
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I've had better times alone
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We only speak of meat
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An d the sacrifice of life
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Rarely caught just to hear your voice
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Set free in the pillars and stones
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But for the company
I keep when I speak
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To your mechanical telephone
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It's the company I keep when I speak
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You're a mechanical telephone
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The company I keep
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you
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