New Years Eve

	  		

Intro 
Mute strumming 

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I wake up with it in the morning, I fall asleep with it at night  
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It follows me like a favorite pet, it never leaves my side  
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It's a symbol of the mess I've made, it's the part that won't come clean  
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I've tried before to scrape it off, it's not as easy as it seems  
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So I take it out and look at it, and copy it to scale,  
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I write it all in letters I never plan to mail  
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But if I did I hope you'd find comfort in the words  
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A message of intended good, a peace that you deserve  
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I hope that every weakened state has strength not far ahead  
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And every time we think to lie the truth comes out instead  
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Because gravity and weightlessness exist at the same time  
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For me the only difference is the willingness to fly  

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I wish that I were purposeful, instead I'm insecure  
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The locks have all been cut off, I'm naked and unsure  
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I wish that it was new years eve because then I would declare  
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From this day on I'll learn to breathe, stop holding onto air  
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From this day on I'll watch the world revolve around the sun  
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Stop screaming at the weatherman each time he gets it wrong  
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Stop begging you to see me for more than I really am  
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Start letting all the children out who live inside the man  
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I'll notice what's around me, appreciate what's true  
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And every time I see your soul, I'll show you that I do  
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Because honesty is such a prize, what a gift you give to me  
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And every time you open up you teach me to be free  

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Oh, oh oh ohhhh Oh, oh oh ohhhh Oh, oh oh ohhhh  Oh, oh oh ohhhh     
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Freedom can be frightening, sometimes I want to die  
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Sometimes I am a sloppy mess, sometimes I have to cry  
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But every cry has been a song and every song a prayer  
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And every word I give to God lifts up into the air  
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Explodes in every color, turns into energy  
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And lets me know the world is bigger, bigger than me.