Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Soundgarden
Canonical path: /soundgarden/been-away-too-long
Related lyric paths: 6
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Been Away Too Long
Read Been Away Too Long lyrics by Soundgarden on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Been Away Too Long
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You can't go home, no I swear you never can
You can walk a million miles and get nowhere
I got nowhere to go and it seems I came back
Just filling in the lines for the holes and the cracks
No one knows me
No one saves me
No one loves or hates me
I've been away for too long
This place has a special kind of falling apart
Like they put the whole thing together in the dark
No one knows where the edge of the knife is
And no one knows where inteligent life is
No one knows me
No one saves me
No one loves or hates me
Going straight
I only ever really wanted a break
I've been away for to long
No I never really wanted to stay
I've been away for too long
I've been away for too long
I've been away for too long
Keyholes through key holes
Where those
I am still hiding
Everyone inside
Tank girls and fly guns and silver boots on my way home
Going straight
I only ever really wanted a break
I've been away for too long
No I never really wanted to stay
I've been away
Going straight
I only ever really wanted a break
I've been away for too long
No I never really wanted to stay
I've been away for too long
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