The Dirt Whispered

[Intro]
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She got down  on hands and knees,
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One ear against  the  ground,
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Holding  her breath to hear something,
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But the dirt made not a sound tonight
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[Verse 1]
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Echoes  of songs still lurk on distant foreign shores,
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Where we  danced just to please the gods that only ask  for
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more,
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And so it goes

[Pre-Chorus]
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But still we give  ourselves to this
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  We can't spend our lives waiting to live

[Chorus]
On cold nights
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  In a prayer for dawn
But daylight
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Isn't what she wants
The concrete
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  Calls my name again
I'm falling
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  Through the cracks I slip

[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
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  The postcard says wish  you were here I'd rather I  was
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there,
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Holding  on to the simple things before they disappear,
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That's what I meant

[Pre-Chorus]
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But that was then,  and this is now
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  I'll make it up to you somehow

[Chorus]
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  On cold nights
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  In a prayer for dawn
But daylight
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Isn't what she wants
The concrete
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  Calls my name again
I'm falling
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  Through the cracks I slip

[Bridge]
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A destination,  a fading smile.
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  Another station,   another mile.
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   Another day gone,
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  I swore that I will.
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  Be there before dawn.
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   So be there, I will.

[Verse 3]
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  She got down  on hands and knees,
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One ear against  the  ground,
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Holding  her breath to hear something,
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Anything  at all

[Pre-Chorus]
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  The dirt whispered, "Child,
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I'm coming home"

[Chorus]
On cold nights
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  In a prayer for dawn
But daylight
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Isn't what she wants
The concrete
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  Calls my name again
I'm falling
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  Through the cracks I  slip

[Outro]
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  I  slip
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Through the cracks I slip
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  Through the cracks I  slip