Paper Clips

wear your teeth, pretend you're 18
 maybe when you're tall you won't be scared of anything
 like hell waiting down below
 odd that you thought you'd go
 better touch all the table tops
 and count all of the garden rocks
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 out through the mouth, pretend you're 18
 maybe when you're grown, this will all have been a dream
 the bathroom mirror, the stucco walls
 the devil waiting in the hall
 the pretty wind and quiet snow
 paperclips all in a row
 
 life has tripped you up by your laces
 they thought maybe you would stop with these phases
 you came to a full stop in the races
 'cause life, it's just tripped you up by your laces
 by your laces
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 talk weather, like you're 18
 bandaging your background like you're bleached clean
 the waiting room, the hollow gaze
 the acceptance of fleeting faith
 the kids wearing their summer glow
 your paperclips all in a row
 'cause life has tripped you up by your laces
 they thought maybe you would stop with these phases
 you came to a full stop in the races
 'cause life, it's just tripped you up by your laces
 life has tripped you up by your laces
 they thought maybe you would stop with these phases
 you came to a full stop in the races
 'cause life, it's just tripped you up by your laces
 by your laces
 the kids wearing their summer glow
 your paperclips all in a row