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Artist: Underoath
Canonical path: /underoath/paper-lung
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Paper Lung
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Paper Lung
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It's too late, it's too late now
To pry away, to pry away
My candle burns on both ends
So where does it leave us
Standing emptier than we ever left you
With your head in the water it's getting harder to breathe
So stand up
It's too late to pry away
Don't get me wrong
I'm just as scared as you are now
You dropped us off here with no direction
But you never even tried to fight the current
Watch the water pouring faster into your lungs
So breathe in
It's too late to pry away
But it's hard to hear me when your sinking
Down here I wanna see you wash it down wash it down
How can you sleep here? I bear the weight of your world
I don't believe in a single word you sold to me
I bear your burden, for the last time
I swear I'm done with all of this
It's too late, to pry you away from the undertow
I watch it take you, then I walk away
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