We Both Know

Ivoryline

We both know you can't plan something as real as this
It takes more than plans to feel like this

If only we could know what we were getting into
And just what we would both mean to the other
I don't think I'll get much sleep tonight

I am everything you're not
And it's exactly what you wanted
I am everything you're not
And it's exactly what you wanted, what you wanted

We both know you can't plan something as real as this
It takes more than plans to feel like this, it takes us

And I hope that you find everything you thought you would
Everything you thought you would tonight
So I can get some sleep tonight

I am everything you're not
And it's exactly what you wanted
I am everything you're not
And it's exactly what you wanted, what you wanted tonight

Just go with your gut for one more night
Just go with your gut for one more night
Just go with your gut for one more night
Just go with your gut for one more night

I am everything you're not
And it's exactly what you wanted
I am everything you're not
And it's exactly what you wanted, what you wanted tonight

We both know you can't plan something as real as this



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We Both Know Lyrics as written by Erika Spring Forster Annie Hart

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    I think sonicemerald is pretty much spot on with how they interpret the meaning.

    "We both know you can't plan Something as real as this It takes more than plans to feel like this"

    I love this verse because it pretty much says you can't plan true love, and you can't plan how it's going to make you feel.

    classickriminalon December 21, 2009   Link

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