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lyrics

I would never have chosen
a fire this sad and golden
but now I'm curled around
a heat I've learned to hate
and I'm choking on the dust I generate

I know now just where your heart has gone
So pick it up from the gravel where it's fallen
Anyone that knows can tell that

I could never have seen through
what could ever have kept you
I'll stamp your face in tin just to buy the hope
that you'll know just what this worthless currency is for

I'm so cold I can't make it to the phone
I'm weighted down by the gaps that I've ignored
Anyone that knows can tell that

I sometimes think my whole life hinges
on just what anyone envisions
Have I sold two years of my life
for keeping up that part?

Sweep it up this time
I've crumbled to the floor
I don't know why you'd wait around for more
This kingly little crown has slipped
a well-known drag that no one gets
You've got a right to know
just where your heart has gone
So pick it up from the gravel where it's fallen
One more chance to keep it hid
in any little hole that fits

(©2005 UbikMusik, BMI)

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from Hopeful Monsters, released March 18, 2005

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