The Moon

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I drove up to the city at night
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And found the place where you grew up
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And then where you stayed
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And then we walked around and stayed up late
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Under city lights; and I spent the night
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Next to you in the house where you grew up
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Next to you I miraculously woke up
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In your parents' house I lied in bed with you

[Chorus]
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I went back to feel alone there
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I went back to wipe it clean
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I took the lights and radio towers out of my dreams

[Verse 2]
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And we went all the way up to the small town
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Where I'm from; with foggy air and the wind and the mountain tops
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And we clung to rocks and we looked off
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You held my hand, you almost got to start feeling me
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I finally felt like I was breathing free
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And under swaying trees we fell asleep and had the same dream
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The stars were bright, we dream the same every night
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On my island home I spent some time with you


[Chorus]
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I went back to feel alone there
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I went back there by myself
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And gave up on everything that we'd felt


[Verse 3]
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We found a precious place in the sand
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Right out in the wind, and we lied under a blanket
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And heard the furious sound

The roar of waves, the pounding surf
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Two bodies on the earth
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It was intense just getting to be there next to you
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And you were trying to get me then
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And I was happy to let you in


[Chorus]
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I went back and wished I hadn't
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I went back and felt regret
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I went to the beach and I stared west


[Verse 4]
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Every night when the sun went down
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In the town where we live, the empty streets were lit up
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By reflective light from a distant sun
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Bouncing off a glowing ball of rock
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We just lied on the roof and watched
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The moon, the moon, the blue light of the moon
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We didn't talk and silently we both felt powerful
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Like the moon my chest was full
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Because we both knew we're just floating in the same space
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Over molten rock, and we felt safe and discovered that our skin is soft
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There's nothing left except certain death
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And that was comforting at night out under the moon


[Chorus]
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I went out last night to forget that
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I went out and stared it down
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But the moon just stared back at me
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And in its light I saw my two feet on the ground