Balanced On A Shelf

 
              
Intro:
 
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   A somewhat inviting, very different of kind of hell. 
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To live, without ever looking at yourself. 
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You see life is so much simpler when it's balanced on a shelf. 
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Thats been unperfectly placed there in the sun now look at how your'e admired 
 
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by everyone, Who sees you now they know your name. But is it real? 
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All your bad habits have become your life's appeal 
 
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And then it's where did you go wrong, where did you go wrong? 
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When you're screaming where did you go wrong, where did you go wrong? 
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Well first of a-l-l,     and worst of a---l---l.  
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you looked inside yourself didn't care much for what you saw 
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for what you saw 
 
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Can you imagine,did you ever play with dolls? 
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You can protect your cotton heartbeat on the skin of porcelain walls. 
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You keep staring to your future through these marble eyes they show, 
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Everything I'm never ever gonna have, 
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That's a giant pill, But swallow if you can.  
 
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You'll start again, 
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You'll change your name and be reborn  
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and give in to all that has been torn 
 
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And then it's where did you go wrong, where did you go wrong? 
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When you're screaming where did you go wrong, where did you go wrong? 
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Well first of a-l-l,     and worst of a---l---l.  
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you looked inside yourself didn't care much for what you saw 
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for what you saw 
 
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