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40 Steps

40 Steps lyrics by The Academy Is.... Soft light, total silence So tired to take the table near the door The table near the door Sat back on the fire Only as...

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40 Steps

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Soft light, total silence

So tired to take the table near the door

The table near the door

Sat back on the fire

Only as stable as it'll choose to show

If I choose to show

But where were you that night?

When I was...

Well, I feel that this an explosion

Nobody else could ever really know

I will follow you anywhere

You say you don't believe in science

You're always afraid of what you can't control

I will follow you anywhere

But where were you that night?

When I was...

When I was calling for the answer

That you probably shouldn't know

Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here

When you were calling with your question

When all I needed was to know

Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here

Unkept and over caffeinated

I walked the forty steps to the moon

You met me

You say you don't believe in science

You're always ashamed of what you're willing to lose

I will follow you anywhere

But where were you that night?

When I was...

When I was calling for the answer

That you probably shouldn't know

Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here

When you were calling with your question

When all I needed was to know

Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here

So this is it

So this is it

So this is the silence

So this is the silence we became

It's never quite

It's never quite over

It's never quite over in the sorrow

When I was calling for the answer

That you probably shouldn't know

Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here

When you were calling with your question

When all I needed was to know

Well, it feels like flames surrounding me here

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