The Artist

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[Verse]
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If I aim for you, then I aim to please
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Until you look at me and I forget to breathe
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Lessons will be learned and stories will be told
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He can give you silver but I can give you gold

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So take a picture off the shelf, I hope it's me and not myself
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I can't take these bruises to my health anymore
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Strike a match I'll light the wick, you're beautiful I'm feeling sick
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Don't think I'll stand here taking this anymore

[Chorus]
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So you're my excuse for the taking of refuge
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On stage I'm an idol, take me off and I'm see-through
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[Verse]
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I can be the target if you'll be the one to shoot
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Nobody can silence me, I'll always be bullet-proof
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I'm too old for lessons now, I've heard it all before
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You've gotten less than nothing, I could have given so much more

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Pictures fading never merrier, living life in shades of sepia
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Bruises make this burden heavier
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Strike a match I'll light the wick, you're beautiful I'm feeling sick
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To think I'm still here taking this after time, time after time

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I'm living with this curse and I think it's getting worse
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Someone call the doctor 'cause I've already lost the nurse
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And how did we begin to make it end this rough?
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You say that I'm too good, it seems too good is not enough
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And I'll have to set you free, not sit and stare and wonder
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Not let another crooked girl start taking me under

[Chorus/Outro]
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So you're my excuse for the taking of refuge
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On stage I'm an idol, take me off and I'm see-through