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I was born in a small town
Western New York with next to no neighbors around
And I longed for the city
More with every year of living in the country
And I had such big, big dreams
I carried them around wherever I would go with me
When I wound up in NYC
Everything at first was so damn easy
Can we finally get some truth?
When it's hard just to get by
I have a little trouble trying not to try
I tend to long for the ether
Free from my body's superfluous features
And I want it so, so bad
The curtain on the mystery to finally peel back
When I've wandered so far
I look back on patch of well earned scars
I don't want to tell you how
They found me hanging upside down
There is nothing I have left to prove
Sometimes I get torn apart
Put together back at the start
Kind of like Sisyphus did too
Just like you
Can we finally get some truth?
Can we finally get some truth?
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As I Age
03:51
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Memories recurring
Seem to be mostly bad
Good times, achievements
Get lost in my setbacks
I fell for the dream
You can have what you want
It turns out it's harder
Than I ever would have thought
Desire, my heart yearns
More with every passing day
And I want some wisdom
To come me
As I age
As I Age
Show me the motions
Take me to your secret place
Grant me, deliver
Some kind of new and special grace
Cuz I'm here, so take me
I wanna be so much more
Than I was, what will I be
From now on, forevermore
Desire, my heart yearns
More with every passing day
And I want some wisdom
To come me
As I age
As I Age
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