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The Starting Line

Keane

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The Starting Line

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This town was a lovers stage, but now you can't recognizeThe street lights that are daggers to your eyesYou can't find your bearings, you're slipping into the groundThis scene has no color and no soundYou still believe in me, after the things I've done,You fear for what we have becomeThe ground is uneven, we stumble from day to dayTook shelter where it's easy,I know your feet are like lead but you've gotta get on the way.Drag your heart up to the starting line,Forget the ghosts that make you old before your timeIt's too easy to get left behind.I know you've been kicked around,But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on meEach heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze,But love won't rest till it brings you to your knees.Some find it easy, some will never even know,You think you've done your journeyThen you stumble and burn but there's such a long way to go.Drag your heart up to the starting lineForget the ghosts that make you old before your timeIt's too easy to get left behindI know you've been kicked around,You wanna be lost and not be found,Let's take the back way into townAnd drink to the bad times, lay them down on me.Girl I still believe in you, you're too good to fall so lowWe're gonna find a better life I knowThings will be clearer, and soon as we make a start,We'll be that much nearerWe're too old to just stand here waiting to break apartDrag your heart up to the starting lineForget the ghosts that make you old before your timeIt's too easy to get left behind,I know you've been kicked aroundBut tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me, on me, on me.
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