Sunflower

 
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They say if you want to sing songs that are true You best stick to things that are best known to you 
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But  Ill not sing tonight of addiction or loss Now the hope of you saved is a much better cause 
 

 
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I thought you were lost but now maybe somehow youve been found- slowly ,just slowly 
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Like watching a flower breaking  out of the ground 
 

 
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You came back dark quiet, near broke and half wild With storms in your eyes and that look in your smile 
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As if you'd seen plenty but  still weren't done With your own self destruction , still tempting the sun 
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And me, I had nearly made peace with the dark Those long anxious  evenings, the old faded spark 
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But you came back slowly and the whole thing gave way Not healed in a minute, just less gone each day 
 

 
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I thought you were lost but now maybe somehow youve been found - slowly ,just slowly 
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Like watching a flower breaking  out of the ground 
 

 
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So I won't sing tonight  about addiction or loss I've given good years to the lines that you crossed 
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These days if I'm singing, I'm singing because. I thought you were lost but now maybe somehow 
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youve been found - slowly ,just slowly  Like watching a flower breaking  out of the ground 
 

 
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Like a fire catching slow when the kindling is damp Like a room coming round through the lick of a lamp 
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You see  love's not a softy it's tough at the seams  And it kept showing up to ruin your worst schemes 
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It asked for a chair while trembling with dread at the sound Of the carnage 
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like an out of  tune song going round in my  head 
 

 
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I thought you were lost but now maybe somehow youve been found - 
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slowly ,just slowly 
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Like watching a flower breaking  out of the ground 
 

Outro 
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So here's to your steps and the sound of your name To the shy sort of hope that comes back just the same 
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I sang for the hurt, now I'll sing for the cure And for you , for you I could sing evermore