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[00:00.25]The Answering Machine - Anything Anything
[00:02.82].
[00:22.02]Your cold fingers grip the ropes,
[00:26.90]Deathly silent on the slopes
[00:30.85]We clutch misleading hopes,
[00:33.73]They''ll forget you in time
[00:36.04].
[00:37.35]Slackened cable, lifeline spent,
[00:41.17]I''ve started my descent
[00:44.91]Slowly shed your side,
[00:48.41]Gradient''s my guide
[00:50.48].
[00:52.10]I''m sorry I had to go,
[00:54.98]Your shoulder jolting in the snow
[00:58.79]When I leave my path won''t show,
[01:02.29]They''ll forget you in time
[01:04.54].
[01:05.91]I''m going to slip outside,
[01:09.48]I could be quite some time
[01:13.17]Slowly shed your side,
[01:16.92]Gradient''s my guide
[01:19.29].
[01:19.79]With these decisions in mind
[01:23.17]I''m willing to sacrifice
[01:27.03]Anything, anything
[01:34.03]With these decisions in mind
[01:37.34]I''m willing to sacrifice
[01:40.21]Anything, anything
[01:42.65]You''ll never know
[01:45.58]Twitching in the snow
[01:48.21].
[02:00.96]The guide rope was to give,
[02:02.90]It was never to take
[02:05.21]Balanced on that frozen lake,
[02:08.09]There''s hope in the honest mistake
[02:12.84].
[02:15.34]At least I hope so, for my sake
[02:18.78]At least I hope so, as you shake
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[02:24.46]Slowly shed your side,
[02:28.34]Gradient''s my guide
[02:30.02].
[02:30.71]With these decisions in mind
[02:34.21]I''m willing to sacrifice
[02:37.96]Anything, anything
[02:44.59]With these decisions in mind
[02:48.40]I''m willing to sacrifice
[02:51.27]Anything, anything
[02:53.59]You''ll never know
[02:56.77]Twitching in the snow
[02:59.34].
[03:27.31]Everything will be alright
[03:30.30]I''m willing now to sacrifice
[03:34.31]Everything will be alright
[03:37.68]I''m willing now to sacrifice
[03:41.31]Everything will be alright
[03:44.75]I''m willing now to sacrifice
[03:48.49]Everything will be just fine
[03:51.87]I''m so sorry, you know I tried