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get back; get or find back; recover the use of

Will you love me or leave me?

I'm here, retrieve me

Don't say it's over, over, over

document; a small book usually having a paper cover

I probably would

Pick up a brochure about the sun

Learn to ignore what the photographer saw

build; make by combining materials and parts

'Til I'm mugging up on the penal code

Love is a bourgeois construct

So I've given up the bourgeoisie

expected; capable of being foretold

superficial and true

Easy and predictable

exciting and new

mystery; something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

My predicament is simply this

You're an enigma even when you kiss

You won't tell me what or when or how

popular leader, troublemaker; a political leader who appeals to passions and prejudices

But gunpoint has a firm voice

The joke is I'm not even a demagogue

Have you heard me giving a speech?

the other side or team; a contestant that you are matched against

Discussing conspiracies and prison facilities

For opponents I can never release

And there'll be no peace

heroic poem; a long narrative poem telling of a hero’s deeds

Where you fight and then you kiss (Do you call me a fool?)

The feeling of epic grandeur

At the end of a summer's day

differ; be in contradiction with

Our dignity and injured innocence

It contradicts your battle scars

Still healed so far

chase; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

And there's an undertow

I've got to pursue you

There's an undertow

responsibility; the state of being bound or forced to do or pay something

Take my hand

Don't think of obligations

Now, right now

distressed; excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

to fly you back from far away

all those dark and frantic

transatlantic miles

apathy; unbiased impartial unconcern

in a robot world

Greeted with indifference

but they're always with us

most typical; following accepted customs and proprieties

But I don't give up any night

You could say conventional

And I could claim intentional

hiding place; a shelter from danger or hardship

Jumped the barrier at Orly Airport

Claimed political asylum there

Took all the KGB boys by surprise

additionally; in addition

can't understand why you'd be with me

Furthermore we laugh and we draw

more attention every day so they say

included; existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

Long live us the persuaded we

Integral collectively

To the whole project it's brand new

occur earlier; be earlier in time; go back further

Or will spring bring rain and summer burn?

Will tears at last precede the turn

From summer warmth to sudden cold

destruction; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

Bombed mission statements and tightening of belts

Demolition of familiar landmarks

Promises made and deals that were dealt

mystifying; of an obscure nature

I long for

your inscrutable pale face

covering; cover with veneer

You can sneer or disappear

Behind a veneer of self-control

But for all of those

amusing; humorously sarcastic or mocking

Always that

ironic twist

Got a start-up

generous; noble and generous in spirit

They kiss my ring in interviews on bended knees

In victory, I'm magnanimous and charming when

I speak exclusively at length to CNN

suggest; express or state indirectly

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Don't you dare imply

That it's grim up North

having authority; clearly defined or formulated

of his sexual vocation

Makes the definitive collection

His lives and lovers and above all

justification; the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.

For Casanova has the last laugh

Creates the myth and vindication

of his sexual vocation

corresponding; the relation between things with respect to their quantity or degree

If you think this is important

Your sense of proportion has gone"

I said: "Really?"

a striking or unlikely combination of events

It's happened before

Coincidence and patience

will mend this fatal flaw

seeming; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

You could see right through me

Everything apparent

What I really am

ancestor; one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

Where they've unveiled a bust

Of my predecessor

Still much discussed

push down; lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted

No happy endings

but a message to depress

saying life

limitation; the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

then start your preaching, that's where it begins

You lot who preach restraint and watch your waist as well

should learn for all time how the world is run