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This Too lyrics
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Verse 1
There's a winter I don't talk about, I wore it like a coat Kept the curtains closed for weeks and couldn't clear my throat Then a stranger at the bus stop read the weather on my face Said, kid, I've stood right where you're standing, it's not a permanent place
Pre-chorus
She pressed a phrase into my hand like a coin from far away Four little words with an old-world shine, I spend them to this day
Chorus
This too shall pass, this too shall pass. Nothing that you're holding was ever built to last The breaking and the beautiful are passing through your hands So love it while it's here, oh, this too, this too shall pass
Verse 2
Now it's June up on a rooftop, all my people, cheap guitars Somebody's singing badly and it's perfect under stars Her head is on my shoulder and I swear the moment hums And I catch myself just praying that tomorrow never comes
Pre-chorus
Then the old coin flips, I feel it turning over in my palm Those four kind words come back around, and they don't sound so calm
Chorus
This too shall pass, this too shall pass. Nothing that you're holding was ever built to last The breaking and the beautiful are passing through your hands So love it while it's here, oh, this too, this too shall pass
Bridge
The second hand is honest, it never takes requests The sorrows and the summers, are only ever guests It came for my worst winter, it is coming for my June So I'm not wasting one more measure arguing with the moon
Verse 3
So I memorize the kitchen dance, the coffee going cold The ordinary Tuesday that will one day count as gold I let the hard nights be heavy and I let the good ones blaze None of it was mine to keep, so I hold it while it stays
Chorus
This too shall pass, this too shall pass. Nothing that you're holding was ever built to last, built to last The breaking and the beautiful are passing through your hands, through your hands So love it while it's here, oh, this too, this too shall pass Pass, pass, So love it while it's here, while it's here
Outro
And this too shall pass
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There's a winter I don't talk about, I wore it like a coat Kept the curtains closed for weeks and couldn't clear my throat
She pressed a phrase into my hand like a coin from far away Four little words with an old-world shine, I spend them to this day
And this too shall pass
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