Setting For A Fairytale

from Long Story Short by The Turn

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LIKE THE SETTING FOR A FAIRYTALE
BEYOND YOUR DREAMS AND PAST IMAGINATION

LIKE THE TRUEST LOVE YOU'VE EVER FELT
YOUR HEARTBEAT RACES WITHOUT EXPLANATION

WELL I PROMISED THAT I'D TELL THE TRUTH
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GOOD NOW IT WILL DO

THE TRUTH IS THAT I'M SCARED TO DEATH
IF YOU LEAVE NOW THEN I'VE GOT NOTHING LEFT

LIKE A PLANE THAT FLIES IN CIRCLES
LEAVES YOU STRANDED AT THE GATE
LIKE HER ARMS THAT NIGHT THEY FOUND YOU
LIKE THE LIFETIMES THAT I'D WAIT
AND THAT'S ABOUT AS NOVEL AS IT GETS
THE ARMS THAT YOU MAY DIE IN
HAVEN'T EVEN REACHED YOU YET

CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO LIVE
WHEN ALL YOU HAVE IS ALL YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE

WELL YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT
OR BE SURPRISED BY WHAT YOU'LL FIND

I'M NOT PERFECT AND I'LL NEVER BE
I WON'T BE SOMEONE YOU CAN HIDE BEHIND

EVERY OTHER MINUTE
I COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW
BUT THIS LIFE'S REAL LIKE A MOVIE
THIS LINE'S THE BEST I'LL DO
YOU CAN SMELL IT WHEN YOU BREATHE IN
BUT SHE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND
I HOPE TONIGHT I WAKE UP
HIT REALITY BEFORE I HIT THE GROUND

SLOW
LIKE A SUNRISE
I STILL GOT TIME
THIS WILL ALL MAKE SENSE SOME DAY
HALLELUJAH
SHE OUTDREW YA
LET'S JUST PUT OUR GUNS AWAY

AFTER ALL I CAN REMEMBER
IT'S CLEAR THE LINE I'VE CROSSED
IS THE FREEDOM TO BE HAPPY
NOT SO SURE WE'RE BETTER OFF
THE DAYS WILL GROW MUCH SHORTER
WE'LL BE COLD UNDER THE SUN
THE LEAVES WILL LEAVE US STRANDED
WE'LL ALL FEEL LIKE WE'RE THE ONLY ONE

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from Long Story Short, released February 2, 2008
Brian Ripps

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