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Artist: Midlake
Canonical path: /midlake/paper-gown
Related lyric paths: 6
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Paper Gown
Read Paper Gown lyrics by Midlake on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Paper Gown
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Everything you need
Is everything I need to be
I sit across the room
Your breathing starts to croon to me
Every prone to be
A pillar of things you will never need
So please don't let me go
Down old paths and radios for long
When the day comes
The dreadful scene approaching
Don't leave with your
Hands covering your face
My body is stone cold here
Don't go
Don't leave
Don't leave my place
When everything goes dry
Remember it's no big surprise
When everything you love
Starts messing with your head
And phones drop
Well go ahead blame me
And push me down the stairs
To the street
I'm slowly getting up
My body aches of sunlight inside
And somewhere far away
In my mind I'll dream
And call out loud without
Inviting you
I've gone too far away
In my mind I'm dreaming
And I'll call out aloud without
Inviting you
Please won't you lead me back
Please won't you lead me back
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