Ize Of The World

The Strokes

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I think I know what you mean but watch what you say 
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'Cause they'll be trying to knock you down in some way. 
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Sometimes it feels like the world is falling asleep. 
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How do you wake someone up from inside a dream? 
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Your mind would wander and search for its place in the night. 
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Your body followed this feeling like following light. 
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Once that your music was born it followed you 'round 
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And then it gave your activities meaning and let you be loud. 
 
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You're sad but you smile. 
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It's not in your eyes. 
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Your eyeballs don't change. 
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It's the muscles around your eyes. 
 
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An egg to fertilize, 
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A pulse to stabilize, 
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A body to deodorize, 
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A life to scrutinize, 
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A child to criticize, 
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Young adults to modernize, 
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Citizens to terrorize, 
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Generations to desensiti-. 
 
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Your dreams are sweet and obsessed and you're overworked. 
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You're overtaken by feelings of being overlooked. 
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How disappointed would D.I.D.I.P.P. be 
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To see such power in our hands all wasted on greed? 
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I am a prisoner to instincts or do my thoughts 
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Just live as free and detached as boats to the dock? 
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Just like when music was born and detached from your heart. 
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Is your free time to free minds or for falling apart? 
 
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Night after night 
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You turn out the light. 
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You don't fall asleep right away. 
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"Are we... are we done?" 
 
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A desk to organize, 
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A product to advertize, 
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A market to monopolize, 
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Movie stars to idolize, 
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Leaders to scandalize, 
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Enemies to neutralize, 
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No time to apologize, 
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Fury to tranquilize, 
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Weapons to synchronize, 
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Cities to vapori-.