Matthew Barber - Easily Bruised lyrics

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Lend me an ear I'll tell you a story<br />

'Bout a man who didn't know how to be<br />

Joined a travellin' circus from PEI to BC<br />

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I was playing dead every morning<br />

I was taking dives every night<br />

Someone came and swept me off my feet in midflight<br />

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Now without a love I really got nothing<br />

Without a love I'd hang up my shoes<br />

It'd be a world of suffering<br />

If this one I was ever to lose<br />

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So I'm hanging on with all of my power<br />

I'm hanging on as tight as a noose<br />

Around the midnight hour<br />

She said remember that I'm easily bruised<br />

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I've heard everything that I wanted<br />

Had so much I threw it away<br />

She could see that what I needed was never there anyway<br />

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Now everything around me is shifting<br />

I'm running like a child through a maze<br />

But I'm never lost completely 'cause an angel keeps me safe<br />

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Lord, without a love I'm dead in the water<br />

Without a love my aim is untrue<br />

My blood gets hotter and hotter<br />

At the thought of leaving this angel blue<br />

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I'm hanging on with all of my power<br />

It's looking like our bodies might fuse<br />

And when our cries got louder<br />

She said 'Remember that I'm easily bruised.'<br />

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When I can't let go<br />

And if I love too hard I'll hurt my baby so<br />

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Now everything makes sense at the moment<br />

And the moment's independent of time<br />

But who decides where truth resides<br />

Your guess is as good as mine<br />

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So how 'bout a sip of the good stuff<br />

How 'bout 'nother round on me<br />

If this moment lasts forever<br />

Then the truth we might just see<br />

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But without a love I don't have an inkling<br />

I'd be howling every night at the moon<br />

And if the stars stop twinkling<br />

The end will sure be coming soon<br />

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So I'm hanging on with all of my power<br />

In the garden where we're all... <br />

Any fruit or flower<br />

She said remember that I'm easily bruised<br />

Remember that I'm easily bruised<br />

Remember that I'm easily bruised