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The Last Hour

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Oct. 19, 20041 viewer13.6K views

The Last Hour Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Here's the army that you mowed to the ground
And the bodies you left lying around

Talking it out
The last hour
I'm through trying now
It's a big relief
I'll be staying down
Where no one else gonna give me grief


[Chorus 1]
Mess me around
Just make it over

[Verse 2]
Your opinion was the law of the land
The single thing that I could always understand

I lived it out from hour to hour
The only thing that never really changed
You ran me all around
And dragged me down
At the end of the day

[Chorus 2]
Don't keep me around
Just make it over
[Verse 3]
I've been thinking of the things that I missed
Situations that I passed up for this

One-way love I took for hours
I'm through trying now
It's a big relief
I'll be staying down
I wasn't good at being a thief

[Chorus 3]
More like a clown
Make it over

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