The Last Great Washington State

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Never be sorry for the lack of response
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Your hand on my arm before we were lost
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The horizon just laughed to see us fall off
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Your face in a jar I constantly dropped
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You have him now but I'll have you later
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The phone is a gossip
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The clock is a murderer
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My time is her burden
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Your voice is his slumber
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How long have we been here?
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I can't quite remember my name


[Verse 2]
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I had you pegged as one who would throw me
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away from your shoreline
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Into the galaxy
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Where moons are a fool
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Stars climb eternity
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Long after voids
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and handwritten destiny
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Long after voices return from the telephone
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Cut off from color
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Leave everyone you know
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They'll let you down
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I'll let you talk into the sky
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That he keeps turning off like a light


[Verse 3]
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Praises fall short from the hands of the choir
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Who all stand in judgment and funerals pyre
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Now that you're dead
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They wait for the symphonies
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Conductors retire to the bed of our sympathy
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Losing our minds on yesterday's tragedy
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Are you surprised they're singing in harmony?
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Flooding the hallways
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I notice the exit signs pointing the way out
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I knew they were on to us all along


[Verse 4]
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Your suitcase fits well in the room you are living in
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Quick to leave town
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Is it how you imagined it?
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Alone with your ghosts, and the
C/G
question mark protagonist
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Leaving you in deserts in search of answers
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To all of the questions that lead to more questions
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Afraid to stand up or lose your salvation
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Stop and rewind
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They all change the station
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The story hits home to close for their liking
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"Stick to the script where you lovers are dying"
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Bored and annoyed
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"You're not even trying to turn us on"


[Verse 5]
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And the building was on fire
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When I saw you step out
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Afraid of your ghosts, and highly in doubt
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When you knew all along,
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Not even your cloud
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Would ever withstand the song from your mouth
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So they took all your scripts,
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And the rain from your eyes
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They're cashing it in for the next passing ride
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To some other city you made up in your mind
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They missed when you died
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So they're hitting rewind
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What good is living if you can't write your ending?
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You're always in doubt of the truths you're defending
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Seeing yourself in others ideas
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I'll write you from somewhere,
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and call you from later on
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I'll need a good time,
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You'll need a daydream
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Helplessly helpless
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"I am alive, can you hear me?"
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Sleeping in motion
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I love you Washington State

[Refrain]
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Sleeping in motion
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I love you Washington State
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asleep in a motion
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I love you Washington State