Hello Again (Stand Up version)

Dave Matthews Band

Sittin here dumb I say this
Still hope the lord
Forgive me of my sins

Ten years ago went down by the lake
I wring my sweet love and buried her in the lake
Oh I close my eyes and still see her face
I'd give my soul to take back that day

Hello again
It's been too long
Hello again
Too long
Hello again
It's been too long
Too long too long
Hello again
You know you got
What it is I want
Anyway I'm gon'
Take it back
Hello again heaven
You know
Hello again

And here I go again
So over and over
I'm gonna see your face
Here I go and say
But over and over
I'm gonna see your face
Blown away
On that day
You're sinkin

I am not worth the flesh on my bones
I am a waste of the air in my lungs
Run far from me he'll always say
That not a soul is flowing through my veins

Hello
Hello again
It's been too long
Hello again
Too long too long
I know you got
What it is I want
Anyway I'm gon'
Take it back
Hello again
It's been too long
Too long you know
Hello
And no more rain on
Raid it you go riding too long

Take it out again
Then over and over
I'm gonna see your face
If it'll help me stay awake
Then over and over I'm gonna see her face
Blown away
On that day
Every long while

I ought
Rain on
I ought to got
You know you know
Rain on
Lay back

Over and over and roll away
Over and over I'm gonna be here
There you go away
And over and over I'm gonna see her face
Blown away
On that day
Every lying

Still on me drive still on me way
I'm gonna turn back to you again
Whether I may well grow old in jail
I must go out to tell my dark tale

Play on
Play on
Raining rain on
Stay out of me
Stay out of me
Hold on again
Stay out the day
Hold on
Rain
Hey hey
The soul lying


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Hello Again Lyrics as written by Carter A. Beauford Boyd C. Tinsley

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    no comments yet?! I think this song is simply about a girl he hasn't seen in a while.. probably an ex or someone he loved because she has what he wants, and maybe she left him? but the morbidness of some of the words could also portray how she died and he misses her? maybe I'm thinking too far into it, but I love this song and dave, he's such a story teller in his incredible lyrics :)

    whentheworldends41on July 13, 2008   Link

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