Can you answer me?
No more time for questioning
My car's outside I want to leave
Don't you think I'm interesting
Well, I'm listening.

Everything's obvious
The way you put your hand on me
The way you talk so easily
The way your lips are glistening
Well, I'm listening.

You get around
You want me
You come around
You need me
This time around
I won't be back at all

Maybe misery is
What I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you

And maybe yesterday
Was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I'm pleased to meet you

Right now I think I'm sane,
But I'm really just anxious
To cross that bridge
The subconscious oasis
Where right is right
And wrong is wrong
And you weren't there
To build me up

You get around
You want me
You come around
You need me
This time around
I won't be back at all

Maybe misery
Is what I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you (pleased to meet you)

And maybe yesterday
Was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before

Maybe misery
Is what I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you

And maybe yesterday was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before

Maybe misery (many times before)
Is what I need to keep my sanity (many times before)
And I don't mean if things don't go my way (many times before)
I'll be pleased to meet you (many times before)

And maybe yesterday (many times before)
Was a day that I could get away (many times before)
Now today I'm stuck in sanity (many times before)
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before


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    Ok this song is easy. It's about a person who likes another person and this other person likes him/her whatever we will say it's a he for the sake of argument. So he likes this girl he's having a hard time graping that she likes him but she holds up a strong argument "The way you put your hand on me" such lines are the convincing part. Now getting more into the psychology of love affairs, the guy now knowing the girl likes him is getting more worried about the details such as how she flirts and it's obvious of the other guys intentions "You get around" and he just wants to leave with her be alone etc... My car's outside I want to leave" and it's obvious she has played games with him before "This time around" he wouldn't of said that if this was a new thing so it's also obvious shes not as serious as he is so he decides maybe he is better off without her Maybe misery Is what I need to keep my sanity" but it always comes back to her "I'll be pleased to meet you " he keeps comming back to her and it just a repetitious circle

    tyeon August 27, 2006   Link

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