As It Was - Hozier

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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

There is a roa
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dway, muddy an
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d foxgloved / 
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Whenever I'd h
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ave life enoug
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h, my heart is
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 screamin' of
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And in a few d
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ays / I would 
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be there, love
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hat's lived in
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 me / is yours just as it was
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[Chorus]

Just as it was
the flame
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, baby / Befor
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e the othernes
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s came / And I
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 knew its name
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he dark, the l
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ight,
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[Verse 2]

The highs hit 
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P.M.

the heights of
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 my baby
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And its hold h
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ad the fight o
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f my baby
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And the lights
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 were as brigh
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t as my baby
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But your love 
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was unmoved
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[Instrumental Bridge]

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[Bridge]

Tell me if som
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ehow, some of 
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it remains / H
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ow long you wo
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uld wait for m
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e? / And how long I've been away
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The shape that
'bout your day
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 I'm in now, y
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our shape in t
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he doorway / M
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ake your good love known to me / Or just tell me
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[Chorus]

Just as it was
the flame
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, baby / Befor
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e the othernes
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s came / And I
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 knew its name
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he dark, the l
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ight,
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[Outro]

The highs hit 
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P.M.

the heights of
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 my baby
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And its hold h
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ad the fight o
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f my baby
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And the lights
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 were as brigh
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t as my baby
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But your love 
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was unmoved
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And the sights
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 were as stark
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 as my baby
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And the cold c
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ut as sharp as
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 my baby
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And the nights
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 were as dark 
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as my baby
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And half as be
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autiful too
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[Outro Riff]

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