[Verse 1] Ooh, you weren't prepared for the drama Anyone could see how I know, I know, I know how it feels It's the same thing with me now [Verse 2] It's trouble at the bank, trouble in the street And there's trouble all around you While you weep for a soul in the deep You had trouble getting down to [Pre-Chorus 1] Too new to stop Too blue to cut it off Too soon, you're beating up yourself Like everyone, like everyone [Verse 3] You can go to hell or you can go to the well There's a spirit in the spring, man You gotta kill when you start to distill That's the spirit of the thing, man [Verse 4] We try to freeze all the bottles and the bees And pin them to the wall, yeah No one will sing about the small things with wings And just let them all be small, yeah [Pre-Chorus 2] Too near to stop Too dear to cut it off Too soon you're eating up your health Like everyone, like everyone [Chorus 1] Kill all the songs The drops on the ones that are never done Let it spill off your tongue An anthem of none but for everyone [Verse 5] Another day when you don't like your space Being so conditional, yeah Or other days when you don't want to face Being everything to all, yeah [Verse 6] But you've got the rain and the sea And anyone could see how Hey oh, hey oh, they don't need to be Or mean another thing now [Pre-Chorus 1] Too near to stop Too dear to cut it off You hear you're beating up yourself From everyone, from everyone [Chorus 1] Kill all the songs The drops on the ones that are never done Let it spill off your tongue An anthem of none but for everyone [Chorus 2] Give up your guns, get shriven in tongues 'Neath the burning sun And let it fill up your lungs The air that's for none and for everyone [Outro] Epic and tiny, both
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