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Over my shoulder were towering trees

Their rustling branches summoning me

To a parallel trail, one not so steep

Offering shelter, offering ease

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We talked about the west by packing up our lives and hopes

Ain't it a shame with time our dreams turned into jokes

I won't let that be us

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All the words I couldn't say to you

Fill up the spaces in my chest

Like spare coins, poised on the tip of my tongue

I make a wish and hold my breath

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Dress me in red and throw your roses

And I'll wrangle the beast with words

It's a graceless dance of epithets

We learn to make somewhat hurt

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Time will change you

You'll leave behind what doesn't move

What doesn't move

Time will change you

We all outgrow our roots

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She woke me up at dawn, soft-spoken as a spider

Spinning webs of holy words while she was still asleep

Kill the moon beneath my window, pull the covers tighter

And hear her voice go swinging like a hatchet through the trees

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Among the mountains

Of everlong

'Twas there I wrote me

A sad, sad song

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I promised myself I'd learn to be the one who leaves

With no more roots to tie me down

It's just a different kind of lonely

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I've come to crave the freedom of relief

(Only one way out, the only way is through)

My wild heart is buried underneath

(Only one way out, the only way is through)

Oh, I know I can't grow 'neath the weight of a story so old

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Did the real me corrupt the fantasy?

Did I spoil the view?

The build up is almost always better than getting what you want

Did I disappoint you?

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But I couldn't help you build it and I don't know why

No, I couldn't let you build it, but God knows you tried 

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I try

Try to let it fade away

Let it fade away (Try)

Let it fade away

But I still hold on (Try)

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I won't say I do, 'til you promise me

That though we're gray, we can stay young, and wild, and free

Young and wild and free

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Who's gonna keep the lights on?

Who's gonna make it rain?

Always looking for the next big ticket

Always trying to stretch it one more day

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You built your kingdom

Around me

Now I'm trapped within your walls

And all I want is to be free

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I have hands that shake

When there are cuts to make

You'll do it better, show me how

You'll do it better, show me how

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Leave your doubt at the door

Don't you take another step

Leave your doubt at the door

Don't you take another step