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Tacoma ( /təˈkoʊmə/, US dict: tə·kō′·mə) is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle, 31 miles (50 km) northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to the 2010 census. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the third largest in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound region that has a population of around 1 million people.
Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, originally called Mount Tahoma. It is known as the "City of Destiny" because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century. The decision of the railroad was influenced by Tacoma's neighboring deep-water harbor, Commencement Bay. By connecting the bay with the railroad Tacoma's motto became "When rails meet sails." Today Commencement Bay serves the Port of Tacoma, a center of international trade on the Pacific Coast and Washington state's largest port.
If your life’s about collecting other people’s faults
Well, then I’ve fucked up before, got back up and walked it off
In a house of crumbling brick and plaster walls
Feeling my way through the dark and you saw it all
Hey, now don’t take this one as a simple joke
But it’s easy to read a book by a child who pretends to be adult
Who’s always running at the mouth about each one as they walk out
But what you don’t hear is them talk about you
So watch the clouds roll in
Watch the clouds roll in
Don’t give me that shit about friends
I’ve been there for you all along
Lord, I’ll never be there for you again
Is it wrong of me to complete this disconnect
Or is it strong of me to stumble and admit I’ve missed some steps
My conscience has grown quiet and my burdens have grown less
In silence I feel most content
But I’d take you on, yeah, I’d take you any day
But to conflict with you now would waste time and energy
See I’m done with certain feelings and substance lacking fakes
I guess life’s just easier that way
So watch the clouds roll in
Watch the clouds roll in
Don’t give me that shit about friends
I’ve been there for you all along
Lord, I’ll never be there for you again
Watch the clouds roll in
Watch the clouds roll in
Don’t give me that shit about friends
I’ve been there for you all along