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The Business Of Paper Stars by Hawthorne Heights

TRACK

Hawthorne Heights

The Business Of Paper Stars

Release date: 4th August 2008

From Fragile FutureTrack 13:47
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About This Track

"The Business Of Paper Stars" is a track by Hawthorne Heights, from the album Fragile Future, released 4th August 2008. The track is 3:47 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Hawthorne Heights.

About the Artist

Hawthorne Heights

Hawthorne Heights

Lyrics

The Business Of Paper Stars

Don't hesitate to remember everything
From this never ending drama monologue
Don't leave your hate and surrender
Try to save all the friends that you have lost

Save yourself from the thing that you have learned
Save yourself from all the trust you never earned
We will all burn from the burning out
We will all burn from the liar's mouth
Save yourself from everything you have learned

It's easy to forget where you are and where you've been
So far in this business of inconsistent paper stars
Let us die, but let us live
If you want more, there's none to give
So just stop asking for the right
Drain us all dry tonight

Save yourself from the thing that you have learned
Save yourself from all the trust you never earned
We will all burn from the burning out
We will all burn from the liar's mouth
Save yourself from everything you have learned

It's easy to forget who you are
In this business of these paper stars
It's easy to forget who you are
In this business of these paper stars
It's easy to forget who you are
In this business of these paper stars
It's easy to forget who you are
In this business of these paper stars

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Fragile Future

3:472008
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Album
Fragile Future
Fragile Future
Hawthorne Heights
5th August 2008
Track number
1
Release year
2008
  1. 1The Business Of Paper Stars
    3:47
  2. 2Rescue Me
    3:08
  3. 3Until The Judgment Day
    3:45
  4. 4Somewhere In Between
    3:22
  5. 5Sugar In The Engine
    4:29
  6. 6Desperation
    3:28
  7. 7Four Become One
    3:55
  8. 8321.
    3:40
  9. 9Disaster
    3:00
  10. 10Let Go Of Everything You Know
    3:25
  11. 11Corps Of Corpses
    3:12
  12. 12Come Back Home (Reprised)
    4:11

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