Aeroplanes and Stars
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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It wasn’t all that long ago that you sat weaving dreams
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But things don’t look so rosy now you’re this side of eighteen
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It wasn’t all that long ago you gazed up at the stars
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And smiled because you know just who you are.
[Verse 2]
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But suddenly the good time’s gone and I just don’t know why
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And where did all the good times go, they never said goodbye
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Well there’s too much damned pollution here and I don’t see no stars
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Look in the mirror, say I don’t know who you are.
[Chorus]
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But you’ve had much colder nights
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And things will be alright
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Alright
[Link]
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[Verse 3]
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And is it meant to set me free to know you’re leaving town
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To have no fear, you’ll disappear, and I won’t see you around
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Well it doesn’t make me happy and it doesn’t make me smile
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Because my heart don’t take no notice of the miles
[Verse 4]
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And you can call me stupid and you can call me naïve,
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But I don’t think that things will be that different when you leave
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I’ve had you sitting next to me and being miles away
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I think I’ll be no better off if you would stay.
[Chorus]
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If I got down on my knees
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Asked you to set me free
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You’d say no
[Verse 5]
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So take me and break me darling, do what you will
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Feed upon my dignity and leave me with the bill,
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If we’re honest, you never really did anything else
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But you’re my kryptonite, and that’s something I can’t help.
[Verse 6]
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But I’ll get strong and I’ll move on without too many scars,
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Learn to tell the difference between aeroplanes and stars,
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You’d get old and still more cold and see the reason that you hid
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Was I loved you in a way that no one did
[Chorus]
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If I cried my eyes red raw
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Til I could cry no more
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And what for?
[Verse 7]
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It wasn’t all that long ago you understood the rules
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Of love and life and unrequited underdogs and fools
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But that was all before the last rule left you on the floor
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And you don’t understand a thing anymore
[Chorus]
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But you played the cards you’re dealt
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However hard it felt
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And you smiled into the sky
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As she began to cry
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And you knew why
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And you knew why
[Outro]
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