Key: G
Introduction:
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So this is the end of the movie
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Whoa, whoa, whoa
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But real life isn't a movie
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No, no, no
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You want things to be wrapped up neatly
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The way that stories do
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You're looking for answers
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But answers aren't looking for you
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Because life is a gradual series of revelations
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That occur over a period of time
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It's not some carefully crafted story
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It's a mess, and we're all gonna die
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If you saw a movie that was like real life
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You'd be like, "What the hell was that movie about?
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It was really all over the place."
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Life doesn't make narrative sense
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Nuh-uh
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We tell ourselves that we're in a movie
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Whoa, whoa, whoa
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Each one of us thinks we've got the starring role
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Role, role, role
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But the truth is, sometimes you're the lead
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And sometimes you're an extra
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Just walking by in the background
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Like me, Josh Groban!
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Because life is a gradual series of revelations
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That occur over a period of time
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Some things might happen that seem connected
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But there's not always a reason or rhyme
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People aren't characters. They're complicated
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And their choices don't always make sense
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That being said, it's really messed-up
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That you banged your ex-boyfriend's dad
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Oh, never bang your ex-boyfriend's dad
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