Olly Olly Oxen Free

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So
 You wanted
 That's what you get for wanting
 You got it
 That's what you get for getting
 Forgotten
 You're gardening a rotting bed
 Of raygun-era icons
 So
 Let's start it
 Let's start it
 From the minute you felt it
 You felt it like a prison
 A panic, you felt it
 Like that coffee scene
 From Moscow on the Hudson
 So
 ...Be honest
 It's not as if you're happy about it
 It's not as if you're animatronic
 It's not as if you couldn't
 Cry out any time you wanted
 All the people you will never be
 Olly olly olly olly
 Olly olly olly olly
 Fate
 You call it
 You color it
 The color you want it
 You carpet it
 That's awful convenient
 You paint yourself a nice white room
 With stripes and matching curtains
 So
 You forfeit
 You cannot build a river across it
 You cannot hold your own heart hostage
 You do not have the strength
 To gag yourself in every closet
 The wrong place, wrong mind
 Timing's always bad
 You're such a sad case
 Misplaced renaissance
 Inventor of a worldwide
 Heartbreak, taking it in stride
 'Cause you're an expert
 Aren't you?
 Aren't you just a dime a dozen?
 Murderous monosyllabic moron
 With no sense of purpose
 Working on your songs all night
 To justify your worthlessness
 To anyone who's watching
 If they only saw your alter egos
 Pretty in the shop windows
 Where you got auctioned hours ago
 All the people you will never be
 olly olly olly olly
 Higher than the king can
 See no evil, hear no evil
 Capture me and throw the key
 See no evil, hear no evil
 Capture me and throw the key away
 Throw the key away
 So
 It's over
 You're lying in a coffin of clutter
 Your father and your sister, your drummer
 Are sorting through your Soft Cell tapes
 And lifesaver collection, and you wonder
 You wonder if you could've done better
 You wonder if you should've surrendered
 Before you learned that
 Nobody actually wants a fucking martyr
 Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
 Didn't you see?
 Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
 Didn't you see?
 Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
 Didn't you see me?
 Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
 Didn't you see me?
 All the people you will never be
 olly olly olly olly
 Higher than the king can
 See no evil, hear no evil
 Capture me and throw the key
 See no evil, hear no evil
 Capture me and throw the key away
 Throw the key away
 Throw the key away
 

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Duration
04:32
Key
7
Tempo
131 BPM

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