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[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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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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[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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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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