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Artist: Ian McCulloch
Canonical path: /ian-mcculloch/dead-end
Related lyric paths: 6
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Dead End
Read Dead End lyrics by Ian McCulloch on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Dead End
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Is it real or imitation
Life, the big and black dead end
All these hand-me-down emotions
Just a mask to help pretend
That I'm gonna leave this station
A happy man among sad men
Take your chance
It's now or never
And then it's passed
Forever
Are you planning to remain
On the outside looking in
'Cos everything be all in vain
And all the chances be so slim
Sad to see you all still waiting
For your boat to come back in
Take your chance
It's now or never
And then it's passed
Forever
Hold this time
And capture it
And make your final wish
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Ian McCulloch performs "Dead End", and this lyric page sits inside the Ian McCulloch catalog on LyroVerse.
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