Five Years

The Early November

Try and pretend
To remember when your scared you say
"Do you think that we could be these people who lose everything?"
And dont forget (pretend your scared)

I'm finally at the place I'm staying
I finally have a place to can call my own
I'm trying not to lose my reasons
I'm planning to remember all I know
You know if I lose my faith, it comes back
I hope he knows I tried

Try and pretend
To erase the past 5 years you missed
Now do you think that it would be the same
Would you make the same mistakes
Or would you learn from them and learn
That if it werent for you...

I'm finally at the place im staying
I finally have a place to call my own
I'm trying not to lose my reasons
I'm planning to remembering all I know
You know if I lose my fear, it comes back
I hope he knows I tried
Yeah I tried...
Yeah I tried...

Do you think that we could be the kind that take everything (for better or worse)
Aware of what we say
We know we make the same mistakes
The ones that really brought us here
Now don't you think that we would change
We always make the same mistakes
The ones that win
They run this way...

I'm finally at the place I'm staying
I finally have a place to call my own
I'm trying not to lose my reasons
I'm planning to remember all i know
You know if I lose my fear, it comes back
I hope he knows I tried
I tried...
I tried...
I tried...
I tried


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    The name of this song is "Five Years" not "Five Years Early"

    ADimeADexteron February 04, 2005   Link

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