When I came here there was more
Now I've come back to destroy
And I've got nothing left

And it's a shame what we've become
When we hurt the ones we love
And it's a place I cannot go...
Anymore

When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
We break

When the cold comes crashing down
And the fight lost what it's about
I could tell that you'd left

And it's a shame what we've become
When we hurt the ones we love
And it's a place I cannot go...
Anymore

When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
When we collide
It's a hard mistake
When we collide

It's a mistake

When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
When we collide
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
We break
We break


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    I started to write what this song meant to me when I got a call that someone I kinda knew had died from cancer. Now this song doesn't mean the same. odd how situations like that can change meanings in something like a song.

    Wulfe87on June 06, 2006   Link

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