Voting is open 11/9-11/10
Bracket C
17. Let the sun shine and burn away my past/Three days and maybe longer, won't even know I've left
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Artificial tear/vessel stabbed/next up, volunteers
18. Take my hand, not my picture/spilled my tincture.
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We all got scars /they should have em too
19. And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass/of what was everything.
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I saw the strain creep in/He seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next/Before his first step/He's off again
20. I remember when I swore I knew everything.
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Seek my part/ devote myself/my small self/like a book amongst the many on a shelf
21. Once divided/nothing left to subtract/Some words when spoken/can't be taken back
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With heavy breath, awakened regrets/Back pages and days alone that could have been spent, together/but we were miles apart/Every inch between us becomes light years now
22. Stunned by my own reflection/It's looking back, sees me too clearly
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Are you woman enough to be my man?/bandaged hand in hand
23. Who's kidding? Rainy day, one-way ticket headstone/An occupation overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone
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Given two lost wings/A beautiful star sea.
24. And the young they can lose hope because they can't see beyond today/The wisdom that the old can't give away.
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Dream the dreams of other men/you'll be no ones rival
Bracket D
25. You’re always saying you’re too weak to be strong
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They said that timing was everything/made him want to be everywhere/there’s a lot to be said for nowhere
26. All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives/choosing shiny ones instead
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Model, role model, roll some models in blood/get some flesh to stick so they look like us.
27. I'll wait up in the dark/For you to speak to me
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I changed by not changing at all.
28. No time to be void, or save up on life/you gotta spend it all
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I will hold the candle, till it burns up my arm/I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired
29. And though he's too big a man to say/There's a fear they'll soon be parting ways
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Somewhere there's a siren singing a song only he hears
30. I am lost/I am no guide/But I am by your side/I am right by your side
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Alone, listless, breakfast table in an otherwise empty room/Young girl, violins, center of her own attention
31. Feel the sky blanket you with gems and rhinestones
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I’m a thief/I’m a liar/Here’s my church I sing in the choir
32. I've seen the home inside your head/All locked doors and unmade beds
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Hold on to the thread/The currents will shift
