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Artist: Swell
Canonical path: /swell/what-i-always-wanted
Related lyric paths: 6
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What I Always Wanted
Read What I Always Wanted lyrics by Swell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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What I Always Wanted
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Now I'm failing to come down
Now I'm failing to come down
What I always wanted
What I always wanted
What I always wanted
What I always wanted
Now I'm failing to come down
Now I'm failing to come down
What I always wanted
What I always wanted
What I always wanted
What I always wanted
I always went in the lake and now I sit the shore
I notice the time, the place, the booze, the heat, the score
I sleep when the Sun goes down, might rise on it's return
I think about everything and nothing's what I learn
I wanted to pray alone I name you in this prayer
I wanted this day alone I blame you in this prayer
The gift that I'm choosing is a gift for changing light
Who cares if this day proceeds through wrongness or through right
Whatever was in the lake will wash up on the shore
I found all the days I lost and never lose no more
I sleep
OK, there's time for this
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Swell performs "What I Always Wanted", and this lyric page sits inside the Swell catalog on LyroVerse.
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