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when i picture my hometown..
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there’s a bronze spray-tanned
statue of you
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and a plaque underneath it
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that threatens to push me down the stairs
at our school
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and it was always the same searing pain
but i dreamed that one day i could say
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all that time you were throwing punches
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i was building.. something
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and i can’t forgive the way you made me feel
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screamed "fuck you aimee" to the night sky
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as the blood was gushing
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but i can’t forget the way you made me heal
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and it wasn’t a fair fight..
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or a clean kill
Each time that aimee stomped across my gravе
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and then she wrote hеadlines
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in the local paper,
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laughing at each baby step i’d take
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and it was always the same searing pain
but i prayed that one day i could say
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all that time you were throwing punches,
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i was building.. something
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and i couldn’t wait to show you it was real
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screamed "fuck you aimee" to the night sky
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as the blood was gushing
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but i can’t forget the way you made me heal
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everyone knows that my mother is a saIntly woman
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but she used to say she wished that you were dead
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i push each boulder up the hill
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your words are still just ringing in my head
ringing in my head
Bridge
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i wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool
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i built a legacy which you can’t undo
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but when i count the scars, there’s a moment of truth
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that there wouldn’t be this if there hadn’t been..
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you
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and maybe you’ve reframed it
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and in your mind you never beat my spirit black and blue
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i don’t think you’ve changed much
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and so i changed your name, and any real defining clues
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and one day, your kid comes home singing
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a song that only us two is gonna know
is about you cause
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all that time you were throwing punches,
i was buildin’ somethin’
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but it was all for nothin’
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and our town, it looks so small, from way up here
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screamed "thank you, aimee" to the night sky
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and the stars are stunnin’
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'cause i can’t forget the way you made me heal
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everyone knows that my mother is a saIntly woman..
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but she used to say she wished that you were dead
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i push each boulder up the hill
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your words are still.. just ringing in my head
ringing in my head
Outro
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thank you, aimee
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thank you, aimee
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