I'm dragging you down with back-flips
Do you even care?
Keep the secret for me
Something I can't share
I wonder if someday, we'll just be a memory
If we go off the track, will you wait for me?

I know I'm not the only one who needs you like I do
I know I'm not the only one who loves you like I do
Away, but when I get lonely
Your words won't make me stronger
The luck that brought you to me
Won't hold us any longer

You'll be good to me, but you're not my dream
You'll lose me to places, places I have never been
The way we were, the way that you held my hand
For you, I would try so hard, still, I will let you down

You'll learn you're not the only one who'll need me like you do
You'll learn you're not the only one who loves me like you do
You wait, but when you get lonely
My words won't make you stronger
The luck that brought you to me
Won't hold us any longer

I know I'm not the only one
I know I'm not, I know I'm not
I know I'm not the only one
I'm dragging you down with back-flips
I'm upside down


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    i think its about two young lovers, one moves away. they try the long distance thing but it really just prolongs the pain.

    sleepingbagon January 07, 2005   Link

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