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Artist: Engineers
Canonical path: /engineers/twenty-paces
Related lyric paths: 6
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Twenty Paces
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Twenty Paces
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I say you will, you say you won't, you don't.
Yes we could talk until it's dark, so what?
It's different now, walking with a crowd is everything.
A better way, pleasure from the clay you're holding.
Nothing to show, I can't even get close,
there's no empty spaces.
Want you to know the game is changing now,
get ahead by twenty paces.
Nothing to show, I can't even get close,
there's no empty spaces
Want you you to know the race is over now,
think of laughter coming after.
An idle word, insistent beat of thought.
A bitter pill, I've had my fill of talk.
I cannot stop treasuring your way of thinking.
Into the blue, light is coming through you're holding me.
You're the one who's left behind.
You lift your head and look around.
No soul in sight, you've gone too far.
You shout their names into the dark.
A house, a gathering of your closest friends.
A loop, a video of your life's regrets.
A dream, a fantasy of a sleepy town.
Ten years, a reckoning coming faster now.
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