Adia I do believe I failed you
Adia I know I've let you down
Don't you know I've tried so hard to love you in my way
It's easy let it go

Adia I'm empty since you left me
I try to find a way to carry on
I search myself and everyone to see where we went wrong
There's no one left to finger
There's no one here to blame
There's no one left to talk to, honey
And there ain't no one to buy our innocence

'Cause we are born innocent
Believe me Adia
We are still innocent
It's easy
We all falter
But does it matter?

Adia I thought that we could make it
I know I can't change the way you feel
I leave you with your misery
A friend who won't betray
I pull you from your tower
I take away your pain
I show you all the beauty you possess
If you'd only let yourself believe

That we are born innocent
Believe me Adia
We are still innocent
It's easy
We all falter
But does it matter?

We are born innocent
Believe me Adia
We are still innocent
It's easy
We all falter
But does it matter?

Believe me Adia
We are still innocent
'Cause we are born innocent
Believe me Adia
We are still innocent
It's easy
We all falter
But does it matter?


Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan

Adia Lyrics as written by Sarah Mclachlan Pierre Marchand

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    lovely..

    TheDirgeon March 02, 2008   Link
  • +1
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    the best cover she's ever made :) I love her voice on this one Of course sarah mcLarah wrote this song wiki says "the song reflected the apology to her best friend for becoming involved with, and later marrying, her friend's ex-partner" so there's the meaning

    ALe_Avon June 23, 2008   Link

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