The Fall of Rome
(Intro/ Interlude)
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Whatever happened to the fall of Rome?
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What a strange thing to ask when I was taking you home
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As we walked alone through the parking lot
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I said I don??t have much you said I like what you got
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And I??d be lying if I said I didn??t picture you then in your wedding dress
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And the days I??d hope we??d some day spend in our Sunday best
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We were light as a flame
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Both bat-sh*t insane
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We were lost but we were just the same
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Whatever happened to the fall of Rome?
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You were a mystery to me but the place felt like home
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And there are no rules when you??re falling in love
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You just take what you get and you hope it??s enough
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And I??d be lying if I said I didn??t picture you then in your wedding dress
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And the day??s I??d hope we??d some day spend in our Sunday best
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We were wrong from the start
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With our broken arms
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You played your role and I played my part
(C from the intro)
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And the road was so long
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I was never as strong
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As the love that you gave to me
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And it uttered its toll
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You become so cold
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You forget what you were born to be
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Whatever happened to the fall of Rome?
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Those people all turned to ashes and stone
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It??s a trick of the mind when you think it wont end
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It??s a contest with time that time always wins
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I saw a picture of you the other day in your wedding dress
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And I wondered why I walked away like I had with the rest
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You were the only thing
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That was worth saving
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And I swear I did my best
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And sometimes at night I dream of you now in your wedding dress
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And I hope it doesn??t seem somehow like I gave you less
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I have nothing to show
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From these years on the road
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But these songs that I wrote for you