I'm not dumber than anybody
I've got plenty of buddies
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and I love making them laugh
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then it's harder to tell them
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though a bit solitary
I quickly run out of air there
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but if you come with me
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maybe even too much
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I anticipate every move
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I'm not much into improv
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a plan B, then a plan C
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that all this only
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I'm not very comfortable
I've got a heart of embers
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but a boy's modesty
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long swept under the rug
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everything I ever felt
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until the day it all resurfaced
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they make me run like the wind
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I withdraw into myself
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just like kids do so well
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so hiding in my room
there I'll write to understand
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how people work
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how people work
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how people work
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when storms, deluges
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come crashing on the ridge
I've found my refuge there
the shelter that isolates me
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music will be my compass