Mewithoutyou - Leaf lyrics

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If you fail to see a problem,<br />

(Which I find hard to believe)<br />

Or if you're hanging on from branches<br />

Licking honey from the leaves you say<br />

"The hopelessness of living, the childishness of suicide"<br />

But there's a call to love my brother<br />

That can never be destroyed however much you talk,<br />

However well you talk you make a certain sense<br />

It's still only stupid talk, however much I strut around,<br />

However loud I sing the Shining One inside me won't say anything,<br />

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Oh, to want one thing!<br />

Purity of heart is to want one thing.<br />

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You'll remind me that I said you were<br />

A quiet bed in all my noise to rest<br />

Well I was charming you at best.<br />

And you remember, dear, when I said<br />

"My coming here was like a terrible fall!"<br />

As we crept like thieves along your bedroom hall<br />

I'd come down and touch your eyelids,<br />

But if you stay up too late I'll throw you back into the cupboard<br />

With the chipped and dirty plates<br />

Like the carnival game with the bottleneck and rubber ring,<br />

Even if you win, even then you don't win.<br />

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All I want is to want one thing.