For Want Of
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For Want Of lyrics

AlbumRites Of Spring
Year1985
GenreEmocore
Duration3:09
Original languageEnglish
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I, I believed Memory might mirror no reflections on me I, I believed That in forgetting I might set myself free But I woke up this morning With a piece of past caught in my throat And then I choked I, I bled I tried to hide the heart from the head And I, I said I bled In the arms of a girl I'd barely met 'Cause I woke up this morning With the present in splinters on the ground And then I drowned And if I can't see it's for want of you You said, I see If there's nothing here then it's probably mine My, my turn to see If there's nothing here it'll always be mine, mine I woke up this morning With a piece of past caught in my throat And then I choked I, I guess I've learned The taste of the days that will always burn I, I guess I've learned If it's in the corner of my eye, well I can always turn 'Cause I woke up this morning With the present in splinters on the ground And then I drowned And if I don't see it's for want of you, you

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