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Music by Rainy Day Manual
Lyrics by Chris Faulkner

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All those candy-coated glass pieces
that you wanted to dissolve just like little gumdrops.
In your throat they feel like cellophane
Doctors say "Block out the pain inside
Your bleeding heart can die some other day."
Gotta be fine-tuned. Gotta be within the reach
of someone's calling just to hear your name drop.
Be wise, don't pace your steps on easy tries
or what you'll get is less than what you paid them for.

The world I saw got lost inside of you
And unlike me I know you don't see
days going by as stars burn through the sky.
Every now and then I stop and wonder
why I ever need to learn to pray
Cause I'm never gonna live for more than just a day.

Think fast, it's all unwrapping at the sides
and barely acting to disguise all your scars and headaches.
Turn the page to chapter two, go easy on the deja vu.
What makes you think it's worth another try?
What to do about now?
All she left behind is what you gave to her.
I think I heard your heart stop.
Be wise and turn the page on dirty lies
to break your cage in two
I guess that's what you came here for.

The world I saw got lost inside of you
And unlike me I know you don't see
days going by as stars burn through the sky.
Every now and then I stop and wonder
why I don't feel what broke through my shame.

And never doubted what I ever thought I had to say.
Before I die let me live for more that just a day.

Careful now and watch your step
Devil's down the hall and to left of mine.
If you're so smart then who spelled out your name?
And wrote us down before we ever hit the page?
And never doubted what we ever thought we had to say?
Before we die let us live for more than just a day.

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from Instructions in English, released March 1, 2011

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Forged in the fires of quixotic ambition; tempered in the ruthless grind of urban chagrin. The seed of Rainy Day Manual is germinated by one thought, "To make others happy, you must first make yourself happy."

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