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Artist: Switchfoot
Canonical path: /switchfoot/what-it-costs
Related lyric paths: 6
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What It Costs
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What It Costs
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Sun light fading fast make it last
Like a flame it flickers in its past
Moonlight fades to dark carry on
You never know what’s real until it’s gone
Love deals the currency of life
Don’t ever forget what it costs
Hold on to me, carry me through
Our story, is the pain that we outgrew
Yeah you can’t call it love until you’ve loss
If you love someone this is what it costs
This city cries softly at night
Like a million teardrops from a thousand eyes
I’m drenched beneath the rainy Melbourne sky
Wondering how it is I feel so dry inside
Love uses the pain to drill a hole
But irrigate our dry and thirsty souls
Hold on to me, carry me through
Our story, is the pain that we outgrew
Yeah you can’t call it love until you’ve loss
If you love someone this is what it costs
Sun light fading fast make it last
Sun light fading fast make it last
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