The Airborne Toxic Event - This Is London

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this is london , the place where you’re a god or a disgrace

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the whole wide world at your feet to see the look upon your face

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and you watch the bbc and you think , “well , what if that was me?”

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such a promising life to waste .

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you told me , “just be brave . remember all the gifts you gave .

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and how you felt like you were saved ,

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like you were singing from beyond the grave . ”

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and you said you’d wait for me until the day i could sing on key

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“there’s just something about your face . ”

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then you’d call , i could feel your body fall down next to me ,

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and i wanted us to be fast asleep , closer than anything to me ,

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like we were home again . . .

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there was just no way to know what was real and what was show

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a future unfolding before my eyes , and a past that i could not let go

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and how the feeling is so deep

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when you’re running down the london streets

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like there’s nowhere left to go .

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among the faceless dizzy whores , the unimaginable bores ,

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evenings stumbling from the pub , mornings shivering on the floor

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then the careless way you say , “yeah , we were just glad we got to play . ”

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when you’re empty to the core .

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then you’d call , i could feel your body fall down next to me ,

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and i wanted us to be fast asleep , closer than anything to me ,

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like we were home again .

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i’m so tired of the rain .

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this is london , the place where you get lost without a trace

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among the beautiful remains of this shattered human race

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all the words that go unsaid , all the sacrifices of the dead ,

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“we’ll fall quietly into the past or we’ll just burn the streets instead”

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in the clamoring of the crowd , you think , “i’ll just stay quiet , instead . ”

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all the fallen dizzy angels crawling through the street ,

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the pleas of people weary on their feet ,

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and you’re half a world away from me ,

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as the clouds drown the light .

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i wonder where you are tonight .