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Artist: Missy Higgins
Canonical path: /missy-higgins/when-the-machine-starts
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When The Machine Starts
Read When The Machine Starts lyrics by Missy Higgins on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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When The Machine Starts
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When the machine starts up again
Will I be chasing every car
When the machine starts up again
Will I continue outrunning my heart
When the machine starts up again
Will I be spinning all the plates
Dancing in the mirrors
Clicking all the bait
When the machine starts
Will you remind me
I saw the truth once
I saw it floating in the air
When the machine starts up again
Will I be snapping at it's wheels
Drinking down the voices
Oh and buying books on how to feel
When the machine starts up again
Will I forget what it was like
To be standing here looking up
Drinking in the sky
When the machine starts
Will you remind me
I saw the truth once
I saw it floating in the air
Oh don't let me forget
Don't let me forget
Don't let me forget
When the machine starts up again
When the machine starts up again
When the lock-down ends
And the speed is picking up
Will you remind me darling
What it felt like just to stop
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Missy Higgins performs "When The Machine Starts", and this lyric page sits inside the Missy Higgins catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Blackfella / Whitefella (feat. Crystal Itjuwalyi Butcher) and Any Day Now with a short reason for opening each page next.
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