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Academia Lyrics by Sia

Some People Have Real Problems

2008

[Verse 1]
You can be my alphabet and I will be your calculator
And together we'll work out on the escalator
I will time you as you run up to down
And you'll measure my footsteps as I blow through this town
The mean of our heights is divided by the nights
Which is timesed by the daggers in the root of all our fights
The pass of your poem is to swathe me in your knowing
And the beauty of the word is that you don't have to show it

[Chorus]
Oh, academia, you can pick me up
Soothe me with your words when I need your love

[Verse 2]
I am a dash and you're a dot
When will you see that I am all that you've got?
I'm a binary code that you've cracked long ago
But to you I'm just a novel that you wish you never wrote
I'm greater than X and lesser than Y, so why is it
That I still can't catch your eye?
You're a cryptic crossword, a song I've never heard
While I sit here drawing circles, I'm afraid of being hurt

[Chorus]
Oh, academia, you can pick me up
Soothe me with your words when I need your love

[Verse 3]
You're a difficult equation with a knack for heart evasion
Will you listen to my proof or will you add another page on?
It appears to me the graph has come and stolen all the laughs
It appears to me the pen is overanalyzed again
And if I am a number, I'm infinity plus one
And if you are five words, you are "afraid to be the one"
And if you are a number, you're infinity plus one
And if I am four words then I am "needing of your love"

[Chorus]
Oh, academia, you can pick me up
Soothe me with your words when I need your love

[Outro]
Oh, academia, academia, academia
Oh, academia, academia, academia
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About “Academia” by Sia

Read the complete lyrics to "Academia" by Sia from the album "Some People Have Real Problems" in 2008. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Pop, Indie Pop.

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"Academia" appears on "Some People Have Real Problems" in 2008.

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