Kevin Van Arkel - 2011

	  		
 

Intro 
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verse 1 
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It was many years ago when we brought you away. 
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The disease that you got, it wasn’t okay. 
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We didn’t speak about it, because that is how we are. 
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But we were crying out of our hearts. 

verse 2 
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I got bullied at school and my grades, they were bad. 
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I didn’t care about it because you were in my head. 
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They thought I had some blackouts, at least that is what they said. 
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But I just couldn’t function with the problems in my head. 

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I do not want to think about it. I do not want to speak it out. 
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I don’t want to tell the truth to you because you won’t stay around. 
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I do not want to think about it. I do not want to speak it out. 
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I don’t want to tell the truth to you because you won’t stay around. 
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For that long… 
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For that long… 


verse 3 
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My family was struggling and so was I. 
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We didn’t talk about it, all we did was fight. 
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We only used words, just to make clear. 
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But we knew that it hurt you, when you stood up out that chair. 

verse 4 
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And you know that I’m sorry but I really can’t tell 
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Because that’s how we are, all our feelings, they are shelled. 
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And now I am crying, writing this song. 
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What is our purpose, what did I do wrong? 

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I do not want to think about it. I do not want to speak it out. 
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I don’t want to tell the truth to you because you won’t stay around. 
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I do not want to think about it. I do not want to speak it out. 
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I don’t want to tell the truth to you because you won’t stay around. 
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For that long… 
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For that long… 


Verse 5 
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The school problems continued and I felt really depressed. 
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I dropped out of college and I didn’t get much rest. 
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What is he doing? And why is he gone. 
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That where the questions, but they were the last. 

Bridge 
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The last to hear about it. 
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The last to get a text. 
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The last that thought about me. 
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And the last that did their best. 

Outro 
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