How I Feel

Alexz Johnson

How I Feel
I know how this all must look
Like a picture ripped from a story book
I've got it easy
I've got it made

I've got a golden road laid out before me
And everyone how they adore
Like a diamond
In the sun

Did you just waste your breath
Asking me how I feel today
Or do you really want to know

I'm completely unconnected
Constantly rejected
Like everything I've ever loved is coming down
I'm drowning in emotion
In the middle of the ocean
Never knowing when it's over and I'm going down

That's how I feel

I know I signed up for this game
And everybody knows my name
Now they own a little piece of me
My happiness fell off the track
And I'd do anything to get it back
Give this all, I'd give it all all away

Did you just waste your breath
Asking me how I feel today
Is that a place you wanna go

I'm completely unconnected
Constantly rejected
Like everything I've ever loved is coming down
I'm drowning in emotion
In the middle of the ocean
Never knowing when it's over and I'm going down

Then you see me
You say you don't even know me
Couldn't pick me out of a line now
The girl you know is so far-gone
And I'm in hiding
Living life undercover
Smiling face for the camera
I'm not long for this world

I'm completely unconnected
Constantly rejected
Like everything I've ever loved is coming down
I'm drowning in emotion
In the middle of the ocean
Never knowing when it's over and I'm going down

That's how I feel

Then you see me
Say you don't even know me


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How I Feel Lyrics as written by Wells Doyle

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    another amazing songs, especially that one line-

    "Did you just waste your breath asking me how I feel today? "

    killstaron April 27, 2006   Link

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