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Artist: The Sweeplings
Canonical path: /the-sweeplings/what-we-once-were
Related lyric paths: 6
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What We Once Were
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What We Once Were
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There's no way out, our backs against the wall
From somewhere down deep, overtaken like a storm
We can't take back the words we spoke, the promises we've released
Oh how
Oh how we lost it, laid rest to what we once were
Change is sure to come, now that everything's gone wrong
A plea for how it was, before we were overcome
We can't pull back what's overboard, sink into the black beneath
Oh how
Oh how we lost it, laid rest to what we once were
Oh how
Oh how we lost it, laid rest to what we once were
All these walls are closing in, borrowed time has found an end
Every piece falls to the wind, to the wind
Oh how
Oh how we lost it, laid rest to what we once were
Oh how
Oh how we lost it, laid rest to what we once were
Oh how
Oh how we lost it
All of
All of what we once were
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