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lyrics

Loosen up when stars fall
They can spin a pretty tale, but they're all bastards after all
All the foolish thoughts I had when I was small
Ended up amounting to nothing at all

I was only passing by
On a trail of thwarted plans, I met an agent in disguise
Who I couldn't evade no matter what schemes I tried
Lying here awake, my eyes search the ceiling
My heart has no feeling

I don't remember, it was too long ago
Smouldering embers are all that's left of what I used to know
But all the time my eyes were on the road
I couldn't see that I was heading homeward

I've been beckoning in an ever-receding tide
Climbing up a mountain, sliding down the other side

I keep forgetting, my memory's erased
The sun is setting, and casting shadows on those earlier days
But every time I took a step away
I couldn't tell that I was heading homeward
Nobody showed me that I was heading homeward
I couldn't see that I was heading homeward.

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from History of Pain, released September 13, 2011

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The World Provider has been providing synth rock, anthemic pop and theatrical spectacle to the masses since 1999.

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