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A metal (from Greek "μέταλλον" – métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light. In a metal, atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions (cations). Those ions are surrounded by de-localized electrons, which are responsible for the conductivity. The solid thus produced is held by electrostatic interactions between the ions and the electron cloud, which are called metallic bonds.
Metals are sometimes described as an arrangement of positive ions surrounded by a sea of delocalized electrons. Metals occupy the bulk of the periodic table, while non-metallic elements can only be found on its right-hand side. A diagonal line, drawn from boron (B) to polonium (Po), separates the metals from the nonmetals. Most elements on this line are metalloids, sometimes called semiconductors. This is because these elements exhibit electrical properties common to both conductors and insulators. Elements to the lower left of this division line are called metals, while elements to the upper right of the division line are called nonmetals.
How come you never go there
How come I'm so alone there
How come you never go there
How come I'm so alone there
I went up to your window
Lightly banging on the cymbals
A writ into the night
Came storming to your house
My horse had worked the fields too long
My bear had lost its innate calm
It's true enough for not at peace
But peace is never where the sea sees
Our love is not the light it was
When I walk inside the dark I'm calm
Where we look for where we went
It's only echoes in the melody
How come you never go there
How come I'm so alone there
How come you never go there
How come I'm so alone there
We waste time on blame I wreak revenge
Wasted energy and rejections
We're living proof, we gotta let go
And stop looking through the halo
We carry on as if our time is through
You carry on as if I don't love you
And so we find the ways out
To cover hard I have a doubt
The room is full of eyes and empty
Like your letters never sent me
Words like a lasso
You're an instrumental tune
How come you never go there
How come I'm so alone there
How come you never go there
How come I'm so alone there