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Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Canonical path: /smashing-pumpkins/lover
Related lyric paths: 6
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Lover
Read Lover lyrics by The Smashing Pumpkins on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Lover
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If i speak my mind, will you hear me?
If i reach to you, will you feel me?
If i kissed you, would you love me?
One less moment to break your heart
One less love to tear apart
Don't want to be your lover
Don't want to be your friend
The spell we've surrendered
So just let me pretend
You don't exist
Our connection is fixed
One more arrow to pierce your soul
One more chance to let go
In the mountain song, sing the echoes
In the long meadows, chasin' shadows
In the endless night you whisper endless praise
Swear to god that you won't change
Don't want to be your lover
Don't want to be your friend
Faith takes me over
So just let me pretend
You're not real
Visions surreal
Spirit channels
Don't want to be your lover
Don't want to be your friend
If i fall in love, will you forgive me?
If i lose my way, will you choose me?
If i change my mind, will you change me?
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The Smashing Pumpkins performs "Lover", and this lyric page sits inside the The Smashing Pumpkins catalog on LyroVerse.
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