Key: D
Introduction:
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I held her close to me
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Coz I know she breaks so easily
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And then I told her
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But I knew no matter how I tried to console her
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She'd just do the best she could
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But there are times the best is no damn good
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And no matter how you try to be kind
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There's always still a part of you you'll leave behind
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When it falls apart
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DBack
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I lied and told her she'll be fine
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Though we both knew it was just a lie
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I had to do it
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Coz I had said anything to help me get through it.
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And she reached out for my hand
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And her simple touch was more than I could
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And I had to turn away coz I knew
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All the hurt that she was feeling, I was
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feeling too
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Coz when it falls apart
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Refrain
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She could've gotten angry
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And made me feel like a guilty child
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But I realized that never was her style
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I wanted her to hurt me
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And not treat me like a friend
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I wanted her to say "there'd be someday
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I'd come crawling on my knees to ask her
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back again"
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But she acted like a lady till the end
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Oh, what a lady!
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I thought that she'd bring down
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But she smiled at me and never made a
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Sound
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And I guess she understood in her way
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Coz her silence told me everything she
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could not say
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When it falls apart
Well There's no easy way to break
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There's just no easy way
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