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The Last Page
Words & Music by Brooke Lunderville, 2007.
I don't know if this is unique to sci-fi/fantasy readers, but have you ever gotten to the end of a really good book and felt a huge sense of loss? I've spent a lot of time staring at the endpages of favourite books, closing my eyes and imagining freak warp incidents that transported me to the universe I was just in. It's like a bubble bursting sometimes.

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I finished your book and 		Dm  
I'm back in the real world 		A7
and feeling unshakably blue 		Cm   G

The writing was great 			Dm 
and the ending was fitting 		A7
I've got no complaints except one: 	Cm  G
it's over			 	G

I just want to read it again for the first time 	Dm  G
fall in love with the hero again 			Dm  Gsus4  G
be charmed by your magic, surprised by your villains 	Dm  G
and discover the place where I'm home 			Dm  Gsus4  G  Gsus4  G

I stare at that last page and 		Dm 
close my eyes briefly and 		A7
try to transport myself there 		Cm  G

I flip the page over 			Dm 
there's an ad from your publisher 	A7
but no magic door 			Cm  G
to that land				G

I just want to read it again for the first time 	Dm  G
fall in love with the hero again 			Dm  Gsus4  G
be charmed by your magic, surprised by your villains 	Dm  G
and discover the place where I'm home 			Dm  Gsus4  G  Gsus4  G

I close the book gently 			Dm 
put it back on the shelf 			A7
the second time's never the same 		Cm  G

There's only one cure for 			Dm 
that feeling of loss 				A7
start a new book and 				Cm  G
keep looking				   	G

I just want to read it again for the first time 	Dm  G
fall in love with the hero again 			Dm  Gsus4  G
be charmed by your magic, surprised by your villains 	Dm  G
and discover the place where I'm home 			Dm  Gsus4  G  Gsus4  G
where I'm home						Dm
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