If Only For Memories

	  		

 

intro 
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When you were born you were not alone 
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Nothing was carved into the stone quite yet, but don't forget 
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You heard someone say it won't get better than this 
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That was the sound of your father 
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As he held you up to your mother 
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No one will ever know,  
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a love a pure as the one that you felt right then 

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They held you up, they held you up 
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And everybody else they fell to the wayside 
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This is the start the beginning 
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The prologue to the tale that you're spinning 
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A million synonyms will never come close to describe the feeling 

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      Don't ever leave, cause if you do dear 
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I guarantee that you'll regret the day you did 
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and you'll miss all the simple things 
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And you'll see everything you've ever loved 
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start fading till there's nothing left oh 


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And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be 
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And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before 
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And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see 
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And I keep them in my head love 


If only for memories 

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So now you're young and you feel alone 
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Despite friends family and all the good things now surrounding you 
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You can't help thinking that there's gotta be some more to do 
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When all the things that you cherish 
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Turn into burdens and there is 
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No other path to take,  
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you know what you've got to do but you don't know how 

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They hold you back they hold you down 
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And you're gonna feel bad but you know that you've gotta get out 
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This is your pain your dilemma 
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Do you stay in the town where they raised ya 
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Or will you sail away, pull the anchor and go headed for the come-what-may? 

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      You have to leave, cause if you don't dear 
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you'll never see the things you read about in books 
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you saw the films and you were hooked 
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but everything you want won't come to you 
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you realize now that you've gotta go see this through 


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And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be 
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And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before 
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And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see 
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And I keep them in my head love 


If only for memories 

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So now you're old raising your own 
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Two souls to make yourself a home, you finally settled down 
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you've seen the world but your heart never left this town 
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They have the eyes of their mother 
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The kind of crooked teeth of their father 
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No one will ever know 
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A love as pure as the one that you feel for them 

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You'll hold them up you'll hold them up 
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And everybody else will fall to the wayside 
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There is no end no beginning 
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On this merry-go-round we call living 
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Some day you will return, every single ounce of the love you were given 

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      Someday they'll go, and when they leave home 
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you will be grateful for the lesson that you learned 
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you had to travel half the world 
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to realize what you knew all along 
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that everything will end up where it belongs 


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And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be 
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And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before 
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And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see 
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And I keep them in my head love
 

If only for memories 

outro 
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