Tenderness

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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 We’ve come to replace your clock’s  old stubborn hands
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We are
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the answer to why they never had a chance
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It was not so long ago that the world was mostly slow The
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age
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of iron,
steam and speed turned a stroll to a stampede

[Pre-Chorus]
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But we’ve come to increase time  in between ticks
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And there is romance in the slow dances
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‘Cause they’re fertile in hush,
futile in haste
These are your nerves,
this is how they taste

[Chorus]
Well,
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I can’t count how many times I’ve been outdone by
nihilism
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Joined the march that splits an open heart into a schism
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I cower at the thought of other people’s expectations
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And yet, still hand over mine to them

[Verse 2]
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Travel where you are,
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  tourism is sin These are
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the ruins we left behind,
you can’t take pictures of them
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If what they say is true,
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 then you become what you chew If it
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decays spit it out,
affectation is a drought

[Pre-Chorus]
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That you wait through when you hate everything that you do
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You wanna live outside the groove,
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 then fine
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But it’s there like a flower blooming in your ears
Open up your mouth, pollinate your peers

[Chorus]
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Nothing reminds the mind of power like the cheap odor of
plastic
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Leaking fumes we crave, consume,
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the rush it feels fantastic
But like power turns to mold,
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like a junkie going cold
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I need the fix of a little tenderness

[Outro]
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[Fade Out]
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