I can see the lifeless, I can feel the darkness under you
I can see behind me
I can try to hide it but without a will to see the truth
I can feel a heartbeat slowing to nothing
Why don’t I go when I know there’s nothing I should want here?
Why do I stay when I know there’s nothing I should say?
As I stand behind you, lost in all the things that I would do
Never really with you, quietly halfway in the room
Do you see behind you, do you see behind you?

Why don’t I go tell me why do I stay when I know there’s nothing I should want here?
Why don’t I go tell me why do I stay when there’s nothing you can see?
Why don’t I go tell me why do I stay when I know there’s nothing I should say?
Why don’t I go tell me why do I stay when I know there’s nothing for me here?

How I see you now is all wrong
With my hands full and it’s all wrong
And I shouldn’t have looked ‘cause now I can’t look away

Why don’t I go tell me why do I stay when I know there’s nothing I should want here?
Why don’t I go tell me why do I stay when there’s nothing you can see?
Why don’t I go tell me why do I stay when I know there’s nothing I should say?
Why don’t I go tell me why do I stay when I know there’s nothing for me here?


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    this song is so...... ......... ......... true. it's about wanting someone so bad but not being able to tell them, but knowing that they aren't for you and that nothing good will come of this

    i can try to hide it, but without a will to see the truth try to hide your emotions when your just clouding them right

    why don't i go when i know theres nothing i should want here whomever it is that she wants she knows is no good for her.

    as i stand behind you lost in all the things that i would do standing behind him day dreaming about all the things that she wants to do.... you know

    never really with you, qietly half way in the room shes never really there because she is lost in what she would do versus what she has the balls to do

    how i see you no is all wrong, with my hands full and it's all wrong, and i shouldn't have looked cause now i can't look away. her vision has been clouded because of all of the things that she wants him to be, but he's none of them.

    or am i all wrong here?

    northern_lightson October 29, 2007   Link

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