Telling stories (intro)
 
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1. There is fiction in the space between lines on a page, and memories,
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write it down, but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories.  
 
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2. There is fiction in the space between you and reality,
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 you would do and say anything 
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 to make your everyday life seem less mundane,
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 there is fiction in the space between you and me. 
 
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3. There's a science fiction in the space between you and me,
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 a fabrication, grand scheme, I am the scary monster.
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 Need to say it as I leave the scene in my spaceship I am laughing,
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 your remembrance of a bad dream there's no one but you standing. 
 
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 Feel the pity and the pain for the ones who do not speak,
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 back the words you get respect and compassion and for posterity
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 spread the words and make believe there is truth in the space between. 
 
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4. There is fiction in the space between you and everybody,
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 give us all what we need, give us one more sad, sordid story.
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 in the fiction of the space between sometimes a lie is the best thing.
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 Sometimes a lie is the best thing,
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 is the best thing is the best thing.
 
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 (Tracy Chapman)