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Artist: Jarboe
Canonical path: /jarboe/this-is-life
Related lyric paths: 6
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This is life
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This is life
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I won¹t go there.
The risk is too great.
I owe myself that much.
There is no answer
To console your doubt.
The way things ³should² be
Only exists in fantasy.
This is life real life.
You only have yourself to blame.
This is life real life.
You only have yourself
To save.
I¹ll hold you close, stroke your hair
But don¹t depend on me to be there.
This is life real life.
This is life real life.
Don¹t give yourself away.
Don¹t give yourself away.
This is life real life.
This is life real life.
You only have yourself
To save.
This is life real life.
This is life real life.
This is life real life.
My only responsibility
Is to me.
This is life real life.
My only responsibility
Is to me.
This is life real life.
LIFE
LIFE
LIFE
LIFE
LIFE
I won¹t go there.
The risk is to great.
I owe myself that much.
There is no answer.
To console your doubt.
The way things should be
Only exists in fantasy.
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