[Intro]




[Verse 1]

             
She was a real

              
 royal lady tr

   
ue patron of t

he arts
            
She said the b

              
est country si

              
ngers die in t

            
he back of cla

     
ssic cars
             
So if I ever g

              
ot too hungry 

      
for a suitcase

 or guitar
             
To think of th

            
em all alone i

      
n the dark


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[Verse 2]

             
So I laid some

              
 nights beside

          
 her in a bed 

made for a que

en
            
She said I kis

              
sed her differ

              
ent that all t

            
he men her age

     
 were mean
             
Gave me anythi

              
ng I wanted oh

     
 the generosit

y
             
I took all tha

            
t I could it w

   
as free


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[Verse 3]

             
Now the sky's 

              
a torn up deni

          
m and the clou

ds just splatt

ered paint
            
It's a room I'

              
m renovating i

            
t's a name I g

     
otta change
             
If I get out o

              
f California I

         
'm going back 

to my home sta

te
             
To tell them a

            
ll that I made

      
 a mistake


[Chorus 1]

              
And I keep loo

              
king for that 


blindfold fait

h
              
Lighting candl

        
es to a cynica

l saint
              
Who wants the 

             
last laugh at 

             
the fly trappe

            
d in the windo

      
wsill tape
        
You can go rig

ht out of your

 mind trying t

o escape
             
From the panic

           
ked paradox of

      
 day to day
              
If you can't u

    
nderstand some

thing then it'

s best to be a

fraid


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[Verse 4]

             
The whole worl

              
d it loves you

             
 if you're a c

hic chameleon
            
Intersecting c

              
ircles she cou

            
ld hang with a

      
nyone
             
But when condu

              
cting business

           
 she would lie

 about where s

he's from
             
Saying "Life i

            
s how it is no

         
t how it was"


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[Verse 5]

             
I learned to l

              
isten felt lik

  
e I was back a

t school
            
She'd talk for

              
ever about the

            
 phases of the

 
 moon
             
Saying "Everyt

              
hing's a cycle

            
 you got to le

t it come to y

ou
             
And when it do

            
es you will kn

           
ow what to do"


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[Verse 6]

             
Without even k

              
nowing I guess

   
 I took up her

 advice
            
Painted her fr

              
ont door it se

            
emed a suitabl

      
e goodbye
             
It's not that 

            
often but I th

ink of her som

etimes
              
Just something

             
 quaint a coup

            
le ships in th

  
e night


[Chorus 2]

              
And they keep 

            
moving at a gl

acial pace
              
Turning circle

       
s in a memory 

maze
             
I made a new c

             
ast of the dea

              
th mask that's

            
 gonna cover m

  
y face
         
I had to chang

e the combinat

ion to the saf

e
             
Hide it all be

           
hind a wall le

       
t people wait
          
And never trus

t a heart that

's so bent it 

can't break


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