Fading

Album: Sweet and Wild (2010)
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  • It's Walmart, the bathroom
    I'm staring in the mirror
    Florescent lights are bright
    It makes the lines clearer
    Where did the Angel go?
    Cigarette smoke's all that's left
    I've traded my wings in for a string of pearls
    And a string is all I've left

    The lighbulbs burn
    Someone's in the stall
    Big whites, brick wall
    Makes me feel small
    And I take my shirt off
    Looking for a glimpse of flesh
    Peel back the concrete
    Hope there's something that true left

    'Cause I am fading
    I am fading
    I am fading away
    I am fading just like fairytales
    And a hero loses faith
    I am fading

    The air smells like urine
    It's gettin' hard to breathe
    I could walk out that door
    But no one ever really leaves
    And I take my clothing off
    Trying not to forget
    Stupid things like the color of rain
    And the smell of stone when it's wet

    I am fading
    I am fading
    I am fading away
    I am fading just like fairytales
    And a hero loses faith

    And I am naked in the mirror
    With a feather in my hand
    A lady comes out of the bathroom screaming
    "Oh Jesus!"
    She couldn't understand
    But I ask her, "Hey, what happens to us when we get old and in the way?"
    I guess she answered me
    Cause they, they took me away

    And I am fading
    I am fading
    I am fading away
    I am fading just like fairytales
    And a hero loses faith

    And I don't know how
    And I don't know when
    Don't know when I forgot
    Hope I'll remember again
    I am fading away
    I am fading Writer/s: JEWEL KILCHER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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