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A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable — that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking — as well as fusible (able to be fused or melted) and ductile (able to be drawn out into a thin wire). About 91 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals, the others are nonmetals or metalloids. Some elements appear in both metallic and non-metallic forms.
Astrophysicists use the term "metal" to collectively describe all elements other than hydrogen and helium. Thus, the metallicity of an object is the proportion of its matter made up of chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium.
Many elements and compounds that are not normally classified as metals become metallic under high pressures; these are formed as metallic allotropes of non-metals.
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