Let's go back
Back to the beginning
Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars all aligned
'Cause perfect didn't feel so perfect
Trying to fit a square into a circle
Was no life
I defy

Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean, oh

I'm shedding
Shedding every color
Trying to find a pigment of truth
Beneath my skin, oh
'Cause different
Doesn't feel so different
And going out is better
Then always staying in
Feel the wind

Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean

(Rain fall) I'm coming clean
Hey, yeah (rain fall down)
Let the rain fall
Let the rain fall
I'm coming

Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
Let the rain fall down and wake my dreams (I'm coming clean)
Let it wash away my sanity (I'm coming clean)
'Cause I want to feel the thunder (let the rain fall)
I wanna scream (let the rain fall)
Let the rain fall down (let the rain fall)
I'm coming clean (let the rain fall down)

Hm, oh
Let's go back
Back to the beginning


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    i dunno, her voice is kinda ehh...it really strains at some points. i think she's more a product than a genuine artist. hahhaha about the masterbation though you dirty bastards

    sfpasssmon May 24, 2004   Link
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    General Comment

    if you dont like the person why are you wasting your time posting comments? everyone has different taste in music, the world would be very boring if we all liked the same shit. so i think all you people bagging out a teenage girl need a life.

    innocent_eyes01on January 03, 2005   Link
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    Well, I wouldn't look up to her, but... I wanted to see what people said about Duff's... art, and if someone said that they can "totally relate to her hard life." I find it kinda funny though, when people say that she means something in her songs, she can't really 'cause she didn't write them. I, personally, well, a whole bunch of people don't agree with me, but I don't like it at all when a person sings songs, but doesn't write them. it's not honest, and no one knows what they really sing. But then again, she's there for entertainment, not to bring out a good message. The people who write songs for her create her image, and they thought she most perfectly represented a girl who needs boys. Well, whatever, some people like it, so it's good she's there. But I jut don't see a way to look up to her and see her as a great model. My opinion though, if she's worthy for another person, it's just right.

    music_signon July 21, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    rock on haters!

    killpopmusic123on August 29, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Hillary blows.

    She can barely sing, it only sounds good to you because they doctor up her voice in the recording studio about four thousand times before they actually put it on record. I guess it's ok for little girls who can't really think for themselves yet and like to hear feel-good bullshit.

    Callsignon February 26, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I actually like this song, and my roommate gets kind of weirded out cos I'll be listening to Shai Hulud, NIN, NOFX, The Mars Volta, and then Hilary Duff. I just heard it one day on my bud's tv and really enjoyed it.

    I'm not entirely sure what it's about. Some dudes on some forums I visit say it's about masturbation, I tend to think it's not.

    Apploon April 11, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song I would guess is about likeing or even loving a person and they leave you. She is sad and everything, but she is ready to be free of it all. She wants to go back to the time before she went with him. She was trying to be a good and perfect person with this guy, but it was all a lie and she is sad about it. She is going back to the girl she was before this guy and she is going back to her friends and the one's she left alone. Basicly she is getting her life back. She wants to feel alive again, but she isnt yet there.

    stupidthingson April 15, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    whatever this song is about, it is my favorite. Hillary has such an amazing voice.

    the Edgeon May 06, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    i love this SONG TO MAN!!! AVERYTIME I SEE HERE ON THE MTV I CRYY!!! I DONT KNOW WHY!!!IM HER BIGGEST FANS!!I WISH I COULD SEE HER

    xtremeon May 10, 2004   Link
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    Great song im not sure what its about either but it is an amazing song and she has got a good voice

    toffeeon June 03, 2004   Link

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