Nerina Pallot – Damascus (Guitar)

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Years ago, you said to me,

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"I think I'm losing the fight,

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Or the fight's losing me, I'm not certain" 

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And here we are - the closing scene,

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And all the house lights come up,

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Oh, the falling of our final curtain   

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I've played a role so long that I've

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forgotten myself,

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But I said I'd be there and I'm keeping my word 

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You've played yourself so well,

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And now I want to be you,

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A great imitation of losing my nerve 

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So, it's over,

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And everything is wrong, everything has

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Gone,

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And I know that everything means nothing 

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Oh, it's over,

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And I don't want to fight, I don't want to be

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right,

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I know that everything means nothing 

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On the road to Damascus they fell 

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I saw the light - I saw the light!

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But hey, it never saw me 

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Oh, conversion has just left me heathen,

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And we could wait a thousand years,

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Perhaps a million or more,

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If it's worth waiting for, but I'm leaving 

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So on to a mecca of earthly delights,

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Depression is only desire deprived 

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Once more unto the breach and fuck my getting it right 

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We've died for so long, let's just get out alive 

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Cause it's over,

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And everything is wrong, everything has

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Gone,

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And I know that everything means nothing 

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Oh, it's over,

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And I don't want to fight, I don't want to be

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right,

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I know that everything means nothing 

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On the road to Damascus they fell 

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I've been to Damascus,

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It's hell, hell is where I'm gonna be,

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The devil my intimate friend 

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And hell is other people's hearts,

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And knowing that everything must end

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So, it's over,

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And everything is wrong, everything has

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Gone,

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And I know that everything means nothing 

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Oh, it's over,

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And I don't want to fight, I don't want to be

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right,

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I know that everything means nothing 

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On the road to Damascus they fell 

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I've been to Damascus as well