don't you dare tell me i am the reason we are here
i spend enough sleepless nights in this bed
to know this isn't just all in my head.

d-d-d-don't you say
that i'm ruining what we've made
we know enough to know we're both to blame
it's like you're leaving but you don't know the way
so i say..

i can't believe myself
i'm wishing to be anyone else
and i'm feeling like all this hell might change something good
in the end

and i, oh i just can't find a reason why
why you intentionally say goodbye
if this mess were up to me, we'd see eye-to-eye
but you get bored and run from the honest life
sometimes it's where you're making me lose my mind
so i'll keep singing...

i can't believe myself
i'm wishing to be anyone else
and i'm feeling like all this hell might change something good
in the end...

it was the look on your face when i called out your name
it was the days waiting for you alone in the rain
take me back to the top when i wish you could stay
now i'm here
it's the first step where i watch you fade away

i can't believe myself
i'm wishing to be anyone else
and i'm feeling like all this hell might change something good
in the end

..oh my god, this town, it feels like a headache...
..you were a safe bet.. a safe bet..
..i'm falling in and out of love.. finally stopping what we were made of..


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    ah, i love the morning light..they'll be big soon enough, i just hope their music stays as good

    this is probably my favorite song about them..this song is so easy to identify with, whether it be with a friend or romantic other.

    amarie270on September 02, 2007   Link

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