The Ghosts of Beverly Drive

Album: Kintsugi (2015)
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  • If only you'd have known me before the accident
    For with that grand collision came a grave consequence
    Receptors overloaded, they burst and disconnect
    'Til there was little feeling please work with what is left

    Oh I need not be flattered that you've never been here before
    So there's no need to mention that you've no firsts anymore
    But if you let me be your skyline I'll let you be the wave
    That reduces me to rubble that looked safe from far away

    I don't know why, I don't know why
    I return to the scenes of these crimes
    Where the hedgerows slowly wind
    Through the ghosts of Beverly Drive
    I don't know why, I don't know why
    I don't know what I expect to find
    Where all the news is second hand
    And everything just goes on as planned

    You wanna teach but not be taught
    And I wanna sell but not be bought
    So let us not be lonesome
    So let us not be lonesome
    Lost in between our needs and wants
    Our needs and wants

    I don't know why, I don't know why
    I return to the scenes of these crimes
    Where the hedgerows slowly wind
    Through the ghosts of Beverly Drive
    I don't know why, I don't know why
    I don't know what I expect to find
    Where all the news is second hand
    And everything just goes on as planned

    I don't know why, I don't know why
    I don't know why, I don't know why
    I don't know why, I don't know why
    I don't know why, I don't know why Writer/s: BENJAMIN GIBBARD
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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