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Artist: Erasure
Canonical path: /erasure/surreal
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Surreal
Read Surreal lyrics by Erasure on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Surreal
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On your own, when it all goes wrong
Like you're in gaol
Torn in two, threw the blame at you
Nightmare prevails
There is no guarantee
One crazy heart like me
Should I go curl up and die?
Surreal
Precious time is slipping away
Reveal
Don't go wishing your life away
The wheel
Of fortune keeps spinning on anyway
A steal
Precious time is running away
One line folds, and the next strikes gold
Finds me in gaol
Tried to run, gotta buy me some
Free time and bail
There is no guarantee
Fool for a hangman's tree
Should I go curl up and die?
Surreal
Precious time is slipping away
Reveal
Don't go wishing your life away
The wheel
Of fortune keeps on spinning anyway
A steal
Precious time is running away
There is no guarantee
One crazy fool like me
Should I go curl up and die?
Surreal
Precious time is slipping away
Reveal
Don't go wishing your life away
The wheel
Of fortune keeps on spinning anyway
A steal
Precious time is running away
Surreal
Precious time is slipping away
Reveal
Don't go wishing your life away
The wheel
Of fortune keeps on spinning anyway
A steal
Precious time is running away
Surreal
Precious time is slipping away
Reveal
Don't go wishing your life away
The wheel
Of fortune keeps on spinning anyway
A steal
Precious time is running away
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