The Experience of a Lifetime

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We saw him fAmirst

A storm in a deadened Dmtown

All shGarp edges

And a crooked croAmwn

Then she arriveAmd

Painted blue and bDmrave

We watched the colGlision

The beautiful and the depAmraved

They dAmanced in kitchens under lights so bright

BDmuilding a world that burned too fast

And Gwe all whispered from behind the fence

GThat kind of thing never makes any sense

AmWe turned the pages on their public war

DmWondering what they were fighting fGor

EWe watched them have the exAmperience of a lifetime

A cataFstrophic, perfect crime

They made a Cmess, they made a scene

Living out wGhat we had only dreamed

A two-part saFga

A ruthless Ggame

And we Fall couldn’t hGelp but speak their Amname

The second aAmct was letters and slammed Dmdoors

IGnsults and curses

And settling sAmcores

We saw her cAmrying in the driver’s seat

On that forDmgotten little town street

He wore a fGace just like an angel's when he needed it to be

But we Dmsaw the flaws the other couldn't Amsee

And Amwe all nodded

We knew it couldn’t last

ForDmgetting our own secrets of the past

We paGssed the pictures of their better days

LosDmt in their beautiful, rAmeckless wayA♯s

CWe watched them have the exAmperience of a lifetime

A cataFstrophic, perfect crime

They made a Cmess, they made a scene

Living out wGhat we had only dreamed

A two-part saFga

A ruthless Ggame

And we Fall couldn’t hGelp but speak their Amname

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AmThen one Tuesday, the air went still

The Fworld stopped spinning

The room went chill

She lCeft her scarf on the floor, no sound

Just siDmlence crashing all around

No fAmireworks, no screaming fits

Just tore their frFagile world to bits

He didn’t cChase her through the pouring rain

Just Amstood there, frozen with the pain

And he was left with the exAmperience of a lifetime

The lonely Fhalf of a perfect crime

He's got the hCouse, the empty scene

Just the Gmemory of what had been

A tragic Fending to a ruthless Ggame

FBut we still can’t Ghelp but speak their Amname

And we watch him Amnow

In his quiet dreFad

With all the woCrds that were never sGaid

She walked awaAmy

From the experience of a lAmifetFime

She walked awaGy

And she walked awAmay

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