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INSIDE OUT

in fairness I was an easy sell though i'm embarrassed to admit it to myself and the worst part is you know it all too well so don't take advantage of my transparent shell, no

but I think you know what I need impossible as it may seem and I think it's easy to see

I am awake, it's getting late i'm in no state to be alone now yeah i'm alone now come light the fire in my room I think i'm losing all control now I don't even know how but i'm in your rip tide and now i'm inside out

i'm in the corner of the street cafe and my heart is warmer since I heard from you today

like a shallow creek I am gleaming no chance of keeping any secrets have I lost enough security yet?

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I tried to hide it, I can't deny it now i'm inside out say you love me, yeah all or nothing, oh now i'm inside out

I am awake, it's getting late i'm in no state to be alone now yeah i'm alone now come light the fire in my room I think i'm losing all control now I don't even know how

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99 TIMES

so you see you've got me back again for more and it seems your song is in my head this is war mystery how I could feel you breathe me I was sure you would keep every promise, you would keep every word

well I tried to put your stories in line but nothing adds up right

for every 99 times you looked me in the eye you looked me in the eye and swore you weren't lying I was so blind I never saw the signs i'm getting out tonight and you're not invited

it’s a shame that you left me hanging like you did it was brave but it was much more foolish, don't you think? Don’t you think?

cause you know I wont be satisfied until you realize

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well these things are oh so typical but these things are unforgivable i'm gone and you're invisible now don't let me catch you following don't ask cause i'm not offering you've caused enough of my suffering oh

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WHO YOU ARE WITHOUT ME

put me up on a pedestal I’ve got nowhere to go but down you expect the impossible and it's too much to carry around

well you tell me i'm beautiful it feels empty and I don't know why but it seems that you're searching me for something you're not gonna find

i'm not your anchor so don't hold on i'm not the answer you've got me wrong i'm not your savior save your energy to find out who you are who you are without me

wide awake lying next to you being careful to get the words right see it hurts me to tell you this but it kills me to keep it inside

and I'm in love with the present tense making plans is overrated to me and I don't speak in guarantees or at least not the kind that you need

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well I still believe in happy endings but this just isn't where I wanna spend mine I’ll be leaving now I’ve said it

(chorus)

i’m not a mirror look inside yourself i’m not a hero you know to well i’m not your savior save your energy to find out who you are who you are without me

ANGEL

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again I’ve got something hanging over my head I was laying on your shoulder, perfectly content until you told me all over again

I ain't got no sob story to write but just like everyone else i'm living this life and you don't need to win me over and there ain't no other side to shelter me from, I’ll belong where I decide

but you say we don't mess around you've got no freedom to come down we don't take angels from the sky oh no we don't mess around you're meant to be among the clouds cause you're an angel but that's a lie

well I suppose you think i'm so flattered to hear that i'm the whisper conscience in your ear and that's exactly the reason that I’ll never fit in here well nothing's ever that black and white, my dear

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i'm not your angel, darling i'm not your angel, darling I am never gonna be i'm not your angel, darling i'm not your angel, darling I am never gonna be

we don't mess around you've got no freedom to come down we don't take angels from the sky we don't mess around you're meant to be among the clouds cause you're an angel but that's a lie

SWEET SILVER LINING

well i'm going home downhearted and hoping i'm close to some new beginning I know there's a reason for everything that comes and goes

but so many people are looking to me to be strong and to fight but i'm just surviving and I may be weak but i'm never defeated and I’ll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver lining

most days I try my best to put on a brave face but inside my bones are cold and my heart breaks but all the while something's keeping me safe and alive

but so many people are looking to me to be strong and to fight but i'm just surviving and I may be weak but i'm never defeated and I’ll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver lining

and I won't give up like this I will be given strength now that I’ve found it nothing can take that away

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PLAYING WITH MY HEART

a little tough love never hurt nobody never saw this coming, this side of me I know where you're goin’ with your sugar-laced talkin’ and it wasn't too hard to see

you think you got me right where you want me you think you got the whole story I think that a proper fair warning might serve you well so i'm here to tell you

it's not too late to do yourself a favor and walk away though I know that's never been your nature by the way you've put yourself in danger cause you're playing with my heart playing with my heart you’re playing with my heart

every good girl's got a real good reason to believe in breaking all the rules sometimes and I'm that girl baby you're that reason and your scheming has caused me to cross the line

you lie but i'm a pretty good liar you chose a game I can play better you're bright, oh but baby i'm clever so you might as well let me tell you

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for heavens sake what are you thinking baby? You won't catch what you've been chasing trust me when I say I can keep you running but i'm not coming oh I won't come around

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MANHATTAN FROM THE SKY

baby what'cha doing today, what are you doing later? I don't know my way through a maze of gray skyscrapers but i'm willing to learn

if you want me to I’ll stay just where I am but I promise just to follow when I land and you can take my word for that

cause you are my manhattan from the sky you look so neat and tidy when i'm way up high but I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside and I wanna come down and walk around your mind

daisies once upon an old daydream that's what you gave me out on the corner of Broadway and 48th street on a rainy afternoon

I could start discovering your world and I would make a damn good city girl things would start to bloom, i'm sure

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I know you want me to see, don't lie to me so why you gotta go be so shy to me? I ain't buying the false anxiety let your fortress fold what is it gonna take to get you there? if fear was money you'd be a millionaire all alone in a leather swivel chair counting stacks of gold

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TALKIN’ SMOOTH

how many times have you used that line? did you replace the last two dozen names with mine?

is 'I love you baby' second nature by now? cause it sounds awful rehearsed when the words leave your mouth

I don't know why but it seems that i'm not the first to have heard this speech is this a routine you just repeat? cause I don't mean to presume that you don't love me like you say you do but you're gonna have to prove that you're true and you’re not just talkin' smooth

your performance deserves an academy award and it's a double edged sword cause I sure feel adored

but just between us i'd rather see you slip up don’t you know that it's those less than perfect words I can't get enough of

maybe I'm outta my head but i'm telling you baby that I’ve been misled so if the record's off well could you get it set? I don't mean to presume that you don't love me like you say you do but you're gonna have to prove that you're true and you’re not just talkin' smooth

well you've proven your charm is a crime oh and ooooh why don't you see the harm in relying on this disguise you're losing me with every little wink of the eye

the end of my rope is slipping out of my hold so if you're clever you'd better do some damage control

I don't know why but it seems you've made a game of making a fool outta me and I did not sign up to be your tongue-in-cheek, hey oh yeah I don't mean to presume that you don't love me like you say you do but you're gonna have to prove that you're true and you’re not just talkin' smooth

oh can you prove you’re not just talkin’ smooth

LIFT ME UP

this road is anything but simple twisted like a riddle I’ve seen high and I’ve seen low

so loud, the voices of all my doubts telling me to give up to pack up and leave town

but even so I had to believe impossible means nothing to me

so can you lift me up? and turn the ashes into flames cause I have overcome more than words will ever say and I’ve been given hope that there's a light on up the hall and that a day will come when the fight is won and I think that day has just begun

somewhere, everybody starts there counting on a small prayer lost in a nightmare

but i'm here and suddenly it's so clear the struggle through the long years it taught me to outrun my fears

and everything that's worth having comes with trials worth withstanding

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oh lift me up, oh lift me up, oh lift me up oh lift me up, oh lift me up, oh lift me up down and out is overrated I need to be elevated looking up is not enough I would rather rise above

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SAY ANYTHING

been here before revolving door we're caught up and I don't know what for anymore

we had the best and nothing less but the second we fell out of step you up and left

this is so you this is what you do you’d rather make do than make a move what’ll it take now how do I make this matter enough to you?

say you're a mess say it’s a shame why can't you at least pretend? say I should leave you're over me say something, say anything anything say anything please

what happened to the plans we made and that contagious smile upon your face? it's all begun to fade

you used to be so careful with me making sure that we would always be each other’s missing piece

well we can still save these tattered pages what do you say we start over baby?

this is our chance and you're all I have don't let me slip through your hands

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you know I miss you, you know I wish you missed me too, baby tell me you do

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UNFAIR

the city sleeps so silently wish I could say the same for me but I’ve got this dead ended street to keep searching

for a tunnel underneath the bitter truth or a bridge invisible I won't fall through

and I don't know how much I can keep letting you unravel me cause the more you learn the more we share we were worlds apart and you see it was so much easier to be cause now I know what we can't have and it's so unfair

I never meant most of those pretty words I said but I wanted you to think I did cause telling you all this makes no difference it's useless

cause those who get to know our hearts the most they always seem to be the ones we'll never hold

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can't you see it's destroying me? I can't stand the closeness but don't you dare go avoiding me it kills me and yet it keeps me going

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FOREVER AND ALMOST ALWAYS

so the story goes on down the less traveled road It’s a variation on the one I was told and although it’s not the same it’s awful close, yeah

in an ordinary fairy tale land there’s a promise of a perfect happy end and I imagine having just short of that is better than nothing

so you’ll be mine forever and almost always and I’ll be fine just love me when you can and I’ll wait patiently I’ll wake up every day just hoping that you still care

in the corner of my mind I know too well oh that surely even I deserve the best but instead of leaving I just put the issue to bed and outta my head

oh and just when I believe you’ve changed for good well you go and prove me wrong just like I knew you would when I run out of second chances you give me that look and you’re off the hook

because you’re mine forever and almost always and I’m fine just love me when you can and I’ll wait patiently I’ll wake up every day just hoping that you still care

oh, what am I still doing here? oh, it’s all becoming so clear

you’ll be mine forever and almost always it ain’t right to just love me when you can I won’t wait patiently or wake up everyday just hoping that you’ll still care

forever and almost always no it ain’t right to just love me when you can, baby ain’t gonna wait patiently I won’t wake up everday just hoping that you still care