The Cure - The Reasons Why

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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I won’t try to bring you down about my suicide
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Got no need to understand about my big surprise
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I won’t beg to hang you up about my love of life
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If you promise not to sing about the reasons why

[Pre-Chorus]

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I am writing you a letter. Getting better. Can I see you when
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All the lights go out together? Blame the weather, yeah, the cold again
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In the darkness for a second I am sure I see them smiling then
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I feel them calling me. Yeah, they are calling me

[Chorus]

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And I’m falling through the stars (you remember now?)
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Yeah, I’m falling in their arms (you remember how?)
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Oh, I’m falling through the sky (you remember this?)
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I am falling in their eyes (you remember the kiss?)

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]

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I won’t try to pull you in about my sacrifice
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Makes no sense to get upset about the other side
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I won’t beg to put you out about my right to die
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If you promise not to sing about the reasons why

[Pre-Chorus]

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I am calling you at midnight. Feeling all right. Can I tell you when?
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On the line, no sound but my words must be night birds on the wire again
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In the silence for a second I am sure I hear them laughing then
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I feel them calling me. Yeah, they are calling me

[Chorus]

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And I’m falling through the stars (you remember now?)
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Yeah, I’m falling in their arms (you remember how?)
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Oh, I’m falling through the sky (you remember this?)
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I am falling in their eyes (you remember the kiss?)

[Bridge]

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“We know, they said, – You’re holding on
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To nothing left – of something gone”
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“We know, they said, – in letting go
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Of fear and dread – and all you know
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You’ll lose the nee-e-ed of certainty
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And make-beli-i-ieve eternity
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To find the true, oh, reality
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In beautiful, oh, infinity”, yeah! -eah! -eah! -eah! (yeah! yeah! yeah!)

[Outro]

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I won’t try to bring you down about my suicide
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If you promise not to sing about the reasons why