Been Alone

Off By One

I could have been with someone
I could have been alone
I could have lived without you
But would I have lived at all

I could have been with someone
I could have been alone
I could have lived without you
But would I have lived at all

I'm addicted to all that you do
The demon inside my head is you
You bring me up, bring me down, pull me through
You squeeze my last breath I'm turning blue

Better to die than to live without you
I could have lived tomorrow
I choose to die today
I need each fragment of you

In some masochistic way
I could of walked away from
From everything I've known
I could have been with someone

I could have been alone
I'm addicted to all that you do
The demon inside my head is you
You bring me up, bring me down, pull me through

You squeeze my last breath I'm turning blue
Better to die than to live without you
Time again I find myself at your door
You're the drug I'm sweating and I need more

Lay me down won't you purify my soul
Use me up and swallow me whole.
Better to die than to live without you.


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Been Alone Lyrics as written by Scott Spock Lauren Christy

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    This song rocks . i found this band on accident .

    NIKKIEon April 08, 2003   Link

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