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Artist: Stephen Covell
Canonical path: /stephen-covell/i
Related lyric paths: 6
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I
Read I lyrics by Stephen Covell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I
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This boy looked at his life
And with his sharpest knife
He aimed to carve out the things you can't erase
Though his effort was noble
He came with nothing to show for
Quiet audience, that now turned their eyes from his face
He had the unmistakable feeling
That he'd finally hit the ceiling
When you know there's no time left to take
And the circle of his whole existence
Wore down just from resistance
And that was all he needed to see
To break free
Oh, yeah
And when he'd finally finished the letter
This time he thought of it better
He knew that no one would understand what he had meant them to receive
To receive
Torn up by the truth of his first thoughts
Reluctantly, he settled on store bought
Wrapped up picturesque, and guaranteed to please
To please
With that unmistakable feeling
That he'd finally hit the ceiling
When you know no one around would speak his tongue
Oh, the circle of his existence
Wore down just from resistance
And that was all he needed to see
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