I've got myself to blame for this
I've tried to compensate for everything I'm not,
And every face forgotten.
You felt the sun warming your bed
You looked so quintessential dressed against that cross,
In the face of what was lost.
Still I'm not asking much of me,
And you're ignoring the matter

You'll shut me up and bleed me dry.
Cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
If nothing else matters, then
I will die trying,
Thinking about you and I.

Three years on Friday since we met
You felt that existential kiss upon your neck.
How could we forget that?
Still I'm through acting like this feels right,
And that nothing else matters.

You'll shut me up and bleed me dry.
Cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
If nothing else matters, then
I will die trying,
Thinking about you and I.

It's on yourself and no one else.
But without hindsight
I guess it serves me right.

You'll shut me up and bleed me dry.
Cheap champagne and a disappearing lifeline.
If nothing else matters
Then I will die trying
Thinking about you and I.

Shut me up and bleed me dry
Its only a matter of time
Cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
It's only a matter of time.


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    damn. Hardly any comments? wtf?

    Well. Not so sure on what the song is about so much...but I think that he messed something up somehow, and he is blaming himself, and remembering times, and how she is one of the only ones who can actually make himself feel right, and do right things. But hey, i'm not for sure. That is just what first came to mind.

    As for the song, I don't think it's the greatest on the new album, but I like it for the most part.

    drinkdownthatginon April 08, 2007   Link

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