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Song-"Experience Pearls" by Ace of Base
Contributed by Jaina

Let me turn all the tears
That you've cried into pearls
Hand them to me-I'm gonna keep,
Keep them for you

I want to hold you,
I want to kiss you
I want to mend what is broken
Love me the way that you loved her-*please*
Cause now I'm giving it all-

And so I've made up my mind
I'm gonna be yours this time
I'm gonna give what I've got,
And get your love in return
And so I've made up my mind
I'm gonna be yours this time
I'm gonna teach you to trust,
And learn how to burn
Experience pearls

*Pearls of experience*

When sand strikes up in your eyes
I will cover your face
I'll plant your desert with roses
And I'm gonna keep, keep them for you

And so I've made up my mind
I'm gonna be yours this time
I'm gonna give what I've got,
And get your love in return
And so I've made up my mind
I'm gonna be yours this time
I'm gonna teach you to trust,
And learn how to burn
Experience pearls

I'll wear your pearls more precious than silver
I'll wear your pearls so close to my skin
*I'd tear myself apart just to get to you*
And so I've made up my mind...
And so I've made up my mind...
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Song-"I May Know the Word" by Natalie Merchant
Contributed by Barb

I may know the word
But not say it
I may know the truth
But not face it
I may hear a sound
A whisper sacred & profound
But turn my head
Indifferent

I may know the word
But not say it
I may love the fruit
But not taste it
I may know the way
To comfort & to soothe
A worried face
But fold my hands
Indifferent

If I'm on my knees
I'm begging now
If I'm on my knees
Groping in the dark
I'd be praying for deliverance
From the night into the day

But it's all grey here
It's all grey to me

I may know the word
But not say it
This may be the time
But I might waste it
This may be the hour
Something move me
Someone prove me wrong
Before night comes
With indifference

If I'm on my knees
I'm begging now
If I'm on my knees
Groping in the dark
I'd be praying for deliverance
From the night into the day

But it's all grey here
But it's all grey to me

I recognize the walls inside
I recognize them all
I've paced between them
Chasing demons down
Until they fall
In fitful sleep
Enough to keep their strength
Enough to crawl
Into my head
With tangled threads
They riddle me to solve

Again & again & again
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