This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
I was in the back seat going crazy
Like I've never seen the twilight glow before
Neurotic and praying for a green light
Between no man's land and the boarder of Mexico
I can hear those crickets
I know they're telling us something
Something we're not too old yet to ignore
She don't believe anything
She don't believe anything
But, I would believe anything
I would believe anything
And why won't you listen to me
She said, "listen to me
As sure as my heart breaks
My love for you will never change"
I was in the back seat going crazy
Like a long drive home I've never known before
A weekend with my friends
Yeah the wedding party took me in
And like a match in the dark
The colors in my heart went away
I can still feel the back beat
Of that soul band playing
As I set my glass down
And danced my blues away
But, I don't believe anything
I don't believe anything
But, she would believe anything
She would believe anything
Why won't you listen to me
Baby, listen to me
Oh, when the sun goes down
I will always see your face
As sure as my heart breaks
My love for you will never change
I (she) don't believe anything
I (she) don't believe anything
She (I) would believe anything
She (I) would believe anything
Why won't you listen to me
Please, believe what I say
As sure as my heart breaks
My love for you will never change
Oh, when the sun goes down
I will always see . . .
Oh, when the sun goes down
I will always see . . .
Oh, when the sun goes down
I will always see your face
Like I've never seen the twilight glow before
Neurotic and praying for a green light
Between no man's land and the boarder of Mexico
I can hear those crickets
I know they're telling us something
Something we're not too old yet to ignore
She don't believe anything
She don't believe anything
But, I would believe anything
I would believe anything
And why won't you listen to me
She said, "listen to me
As sure as my heart breaks
My love for you will never change"
I was in the back seat going crazy
Like a long drive home I've never known before
A weekend with my friends
Yeah the wedding party took me in
And like a match in the dark
The colors in my heart went away
I can still feel the back beat
Of that soul band playing
As I set my glass down
And danced my blues away
But, I don't believe anything
I don't believe anything
But, she would believe anything
She would believe anything
Why won't you listen to me
Baby, listen to me
Oh, when the sun goes down
I will always see your face
As sure as my heart breaks
My love for you will never change
I (she) don't believe anything
I (she) don't believe anything
She (I) would believe anything
She (I) would believe anything
Why won't you listen to me
Please, believe what I say
As sure as my heart breaks
My love for you will never change
Oh, when the sun goes down
I will always see . . .
Oh, when the sun goes down
I will always see . . .
Oh, when the sun goes down
I will always see your face
Lyrics submitted by artmaven
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I was in the back seat going crazy Like I've never seen the twilight glow before Neurotic and praying for a green light Between no man's land and the boarder of Mexico
He's going on a trip with his friends, to a wedding, that he isn't looking forward to because it will bring up feelings of his past lover. This poses the setting of where his realization began. The realization shall come up again later, so that you know what I mean by that.
I can hear those crickets I know they're telling us something Something we're not too old yet to ignore
This is foreshadowing what he is going to learn; the crickets possibly represent something of a conscious in the man, it's a background noise helping him understand what has been happening.
She don't believe anything She don't believe anything But, I would believe anything I would believe anything
He finally comes to the realization that she was never the right girl for him and she never actually loved him, giving him the confidence to be able to move forward and actually get over her?
And why won't you listen to me She said, "listen to me As sure as my heart breaks My love for you will never change"
She would be sure that her heart isn't breaking and her love for him just changed; she doesn't love him anymore.
Yeah the wedding party took me in And like a match in the dark
I believe this stanza means that at a wedding party he discovered what was really happening in the relationship.
As I set my glass down And danced my blues away
Here I think that he has come full sircle and realized there isnt a reason to be upset about something that he can change,so he "dances his blues away."
Oh, when the sun goes down I will always see your face As sure as my heart breaks My love for you will never change
He's still in love with her but thats okay, someday that will change. He is only in a tmporary state.
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