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Artist: Death Cab For Cutie
Canonical path: /death-cab-for-cutie/for-what-reason
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For What Reason
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For What Reason
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This won't be the last you'll hear from me: it's just the start.
I hope that he keeps you up for weeks like you did to me.
I will hold a candle up to you to singe your skin.
Brace yourself: I'm bent with bitterness.
When your apologies fail to ring true, (you're)
so slick with that sarcastic slew of phrases
like I thought you knew, while keeping me in
hot pursuit.
Tracing the plot finds skin touching skin
(absence follows).
In the end, I win every time as ink remains.
Sour tastes prevail as you play back the tape machine.
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