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x3

[Verse 1]

I awoke to the feeling              That something had arrived
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Watched the postman come and go     Like the flowing of the tide
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Yes, I opened up your letter        On Thursday afternoon
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I’d been dreaming up an answer      To the thing I asked of you
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[Chorus]

But your writing’s full of spaces Think you mean for me to find
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Some wisdom in the silence          Lovers lost between the lines
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[Instrumental]

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x2

[Verse 2]

Tried to forget about the letter    But it kept me up at night
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Heard it calling from the drawing room    “Read by candle light”
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So I took it to the attic           Held it underneath the flame
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And caught a glimpse of something   Right where you’d signed your name
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[Chorus]

I saw a face iluminated             Its expression made me cry
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For I looked right into your eyes   And knew this was goodbye
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Yes a face illuminated              It almost made me cry
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You have killed the thing you loved And now you have to die
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[Outro]

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x4

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