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Artist: Idlewild
Canonical path: /idlewild/mistake-pageant
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Mistake Pageant
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Mistake Pageant
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I couldn't stand up looking up at the faded party
I couldn't stand up looking up at a faded party
It was a mistake pageant
It was a mistake from the start
This is a mistake pageant
But it's unsuitable to laugh like the others
Couldn't stand up looking up, I'm at a faded party
I couldn't stand up looking at, at a famous party
It was a mistake pageant
It was a mistake from the start
This is a mistake pageant
And I don't understand the way that you're living
Because you've had bad luck (Disorder)
And I know what it feels like to have bad luck
You can't open your eyes
You can't open your eyes
It's vain or is it just fame?
It was a mistake pageant
It was a mistake from the start
This is a mistake pageant
And I don't understand this way that you're living
Because you've had bad luck (Disorder)
And I know what it feels like to have bad luck
I hope that this won't bring you down
These people are obscured by frowns
This won't bring you down
These people, frown
Cause you've had bad luck (Disorder)
And I know what it feels like to have bad luck
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