Erase Me by Ben Folds Five
Intro:
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Verse:
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What was our home
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Paper not stone
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A lean-to at most
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And when you pulled your half away
Verse:
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Gravity won
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Like it always does
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Did I weigh a ton?
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Would it be easier to just delete
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Our pages and the plans we made?
Chorus:
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Erase me
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So you don't have to face me
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Put me in the ground and mow the daisies
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Ah, the memory
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See how it goes
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When you
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Erase me
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Erase me
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Verse:
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So what will you do
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With no me for you?
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I know what we said
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But what if I left a thing or two
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We know that you don't seem
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To think about what you need
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'til you reach to find that you've
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Erased me
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What the fuck is this?
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You're crazy, turned around
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In two weeks time replaced me
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Ah, the memory
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Everybody knows how it goes, you just
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Erase me
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Did me like a bro and tazed me
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Fireworks - poof - it's gone, amazing
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New bio, you've gone solo
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Drawing mustaches on our wedding photo
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Erase me
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Erase me
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Erase me
Instrumental:
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Erase me
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This is us shouting, baby
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Erase me
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Do we call the cops now, baby?
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Ah, the memory
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Everybody knows about the brand new home
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Erase me
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And you'll never have to face me
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Erase me
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Option-Command-Escape me
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And if you feel nothing
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Guess what I'll wanna be
Instrumental [Outro]:
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