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Broken Megaphone
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A homeless man asked me which way to go, well I didn't know
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so I sent him back home.
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The truth hurts but so does a lie when it's kept in too long,
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well it didn't belong.
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And we wait, and we wait, for a sign saying
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"Hey! It doesn't matter, you're doing alright."
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And no one can tell you it's different, you choose your own life,
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so why choose to fight?
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The apartment smells different when you come home,
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maybe you've just been away for too long.
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Your animals, they run up to greet you because you're all that they know.
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It's a pitiful show.
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And we breathe, and we breathe, and we scream what we mean!
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But it fades as it's reaching your throat...
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Still the homeless man hears me, and wonders "Who is he?"
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-"I'm JUST A POOR BOY WITH A BROKEN MEGAPHONE!!"-
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Time heals all
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Time steals all
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Well, that's not comforting...
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The people, they carry diseases, we marry
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and decorate rooms for our kids.
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Maybe someone's happy, while others are laughing, saying:
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"I never got that far, and probably never will..."
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And we bleed, and we bleed
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"Release this spirit within me!! Is anyone looking? Can anyone see?"
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It's not just a sign, we are growing apart...
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There's no touching, just a lone (I) in (me).
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Time heals all
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Time steals all
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Well, that's not comforting...
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More people walk by me, like ghosts in a hallway-
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bumping shoulders to look for their god.
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But if you really think he's watching, why don't you stop talking
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and forgive all the people that you love?
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And we dream, and we dream, of a great time machine
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that will solve all our problems at last...
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But we'll just fuck it up and keep making excuses,
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blaming neighbors for their different paths!
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A lady down at the station waits patiently while her nation
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is using her sons for the war.
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And she cringes every time that ridiculous guy
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comes on TV and says, "We'll keep fighting more."
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And she waits, and she waits, for her children to play
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once again in the garden outside.
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But she knows it won't happen, the years keep on passing-
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Like an endless war-torn lullaby.
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Time heals all
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Time steals all
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Well that's not comforting...
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