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Artist: Rites Of Spring
Canonical path: /rites-of-spring/theme-if-i-started-crying
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Theme (If I Started Crying)
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Theme (If I Started Crying)
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Cruelty is the better part of your honesty
And when you're so direct its just for yourself to protect
And if I started crying, would you start crying?
Now I started crying - why are you not crying?
Sometimes--when I--see a world inside
Sometimes--when I--I try--I really try
And hope's just another rope to hang myself with
To tie me down till something real comes around
And if I started crying would you start crying?
And if I started crying why are you not crying?
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