I wonder how you looked the day you were erased
To look down at your heart and watch it fade
Did you disappear or were you just misplaced?
Left behind with no one else to blame

It's all gone but something lingers on,
A place I used to call home
Now me, you, and the ghost
Looking for the thing we lost
(Are you letting go? Thinking clearer now that it's over
There's no one to blame
As we walk away, why is it I just feel so heavy
What do I take away?)

When you're in the room it's all that I can feel
Get so used to loving what's not real
There's nothing I can hold, no real tears to cry
You can't breath life back into a lie

It's all gone but something lingers on,
A place I used to call home
Now you, me, and the ghost
Laughing at the way it was
(Are you letting go? Thinking clearer now that it's over
There's no one to blame
As we walk away, why is it I just feel so heavy
What do I take away?)

There's nothing left for you to lose
There's nothing left for you to lose
There's nothing left for you to lose

It's all gone but something lingers on,
A place I used to call home
Now you, me, and the ghost
Looking for the one we lost
(Are you letting go? Thinking clearer now that it's over
There's no one to blame
As we walk away, why is it I just feel so heavy
What do I take away?)


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Leave You Behind Lyrics as written by Corin Lisa Tucker Carrie Rachel Brownstein

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    this song is amazingggggggg

    omigoshbritton August 21, 2008   Link
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    When you were living with illusion of someone you wanted that person to be ("get so used to loving what's not real", "you can't breathe life back into a lie", "are you letting go?"), but she/he turned out to be different. That moment when you're parting, you left with nothing ("there's nothing left for you to lose") and though you're beginning to realize you were living lies ("thinking clearer now that it's over", "you, me, and the ghost"), you still miss that feeling you had ("but something lingers on / a place I used to call / home", "looking for the one we lost").

    no-cheatingon August 11, 2016   Link
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    I'd like to think that it could be taken as a break up, or a death of someone that they loved greatly...

    I don't know, this song confuses me slightly.

    Schlafon February 20, 2008   Link

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