The first time you appeared there as a shadow on the wall.
the second time i barely even saw you there at all.
and all the dreams and fantasies that put you to the test.
i take the faintest outline, and my heart fills in the rest.
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will i need you like the brand new morning sun.
or will i grow to hate you, like all the other ones?
what i think you are is all i see.
and as long as you're a stranger...
as long as you're a stranger...
you'll stay perfect to me.

every night a lonely fight for something to be clear.
i turn the page of dreary days and that's when you appear.
so i build you up in little clay constructions in my head
and i like what i see.
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i used to seek within the crowd a place for me to hide.
or look in every eye and try to find myself inside.
but in all this confusion, i have finally seen the light.
i've never known a person like the you i know tonight.

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