Clean up your eyes, and I'll dance alone with you in daylight
Your skin reminds me of sleeping on clouds in my mind
Clean up your eyes this time
Clean up your eyes this time

You breathe in when I breathe out
It's not likely I'd ever feel this far
From someone, from anyone at all
If you leave now you leave with a piece of me, and a piece of us
It's not likely I'd ever feel at all

All things aside, I'm not sure if I can help you this time
You show your eyes, and I see your face for the first time
But let's not hide this time
Let's not hide this time

You breathe in when I breathe out
It's not likely I'd ever feel this far
From someone, from anyone at all
If you leave now you leave with a piece of me, and a piece of us
It's not likely I'd ever feel at all

What you don't have
What you don't need
What you can't reach
What you can't see

You breathe in when I breathe out
It's not likely I'd ever feel this far
From someone, from anyone at all
If you leave now you leave with a piece of me, and a piece of us
It's not likely I'd ever feel it anymore

Do do do do do do, do do do do do
Do do do do do do, do do do do do
Do do do do do do, do do do do do
Do do do do do do, do do do do do
Do do do do do do, do do do do do
Do do do do do do, do do do do do
Do do do do do do, do do do do do
Do do do do do do, do do do do do

Clean up your eyes this time
Clean up your eyes this time...


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    this song is amazing! i agree with rennie the chorus is one of the best ive hear! Im not exactly sure what this song means but i think its about loving someone but its just not working, although both people want it to work. the line "you breath in when i breath out" is trying to show that the two people in the relationship aren't in-sync. I love this song and i find it very inspirational for some reason!

    b*tyleron July 14, 2007   Link

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