White Shadows

Album: X&Y (2005)
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  • When I was a young boy I tried to listen
    And I want to feel like that
    Little white shadows blink and I missed em
    Part of a system, a plan

    If you ever feel like something's missing
    Things you'll never understand
    Little white shadows sparkle and glisten
    Part of a system plan

    All this noise, I'm waking up
    All this space I'm taking up
    All this sound is breaking up

    Whoa oh

    Maybe you'll get what you wanted
    Maybe you'll stumble upon it
    Everything you ever wanted
    In a permanent state

    Maybe you'll know when you see it
    Maybe if you say it you'll mean it
    And when you find it you'll keep it
    In a permanent state
    A permanent state

    When I was a young boy I tried to listen
    Don't you want to feel like that

    You're part of the human race
    All of the stars and the outer space
    Part of the system plan

    All this noise, I'm waking up
    All this space I'm taking up
    I cannot hear, you're breaking up

    Whoa oh

    Maybe you'll get what you wanted
    Maybe you'll stumble upon it
    Everything you ever wanted
    In a permanent state

    Maybe you'll know when you see it
    Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it
    And when you find it you'll keep it
    In a permanent state
    A permanent state

    Swimming on a sea of faces
    A tide of the human race
    So, an answer now is what I need

    I see it in the new sun rising
    I see it break on your horizon
    Oh come on love, stay with me Writer/s: Christopher Anthony John Martin, Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Dylan from New Britain, CtThis is one of my favorite songs on X and Y. It really has something special about it.
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