All the night her dream
passes by my bed
undeniable, and all she said
she wrote the letter

hard to find love
since you arrived here
harder to find the love
then pull your body near

She wrote the letter
down

She wrote the letter
down

I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
all the sins they knew no better
I know I know I know

all that I've lost
is bound to pass
dying to know
too afraid to ask
she wrote the letter

Hard to find love
when your a walking blind in here
go wash your heart in the river
till the water runs clear

she wrote the letter
down

she wrote the letter
down

she wrote the letter
down

I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
when the sins all know no better
I know I know I know

Love, I just want to say it right

Love, I just want to say it right

Goodbye

Goodbye

Goodbye


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    I don't know, I kind of feel like it's one of those situations where someone he used to have feelings for comes back into his life and she wants to be in a relationship with him again, but he knows that they're not right for each other, so it makes finding love harder with her around. The part where he says "I know, I know, I know" kind of makes me think that he's tired of hearing her excuses, which she may have written down in a letter. The part where he's talking about all that he's lost, he might mean that he is not going to be in a relationship with this girl again and watch her leave, but he's curious to know anyway. And when he talks about her walking blind in "here", it could possibly mean that he thinks that they're blinded by love. Then the part where he talks about washing her heart in the river, he might mean that he wants her to forget about whatever feelings they used to have for each other so that they can start anew. At the end of the song, he's just saying that he needs to say goodbye to her, but he wants to say it right.

    Well, I'm not sure if any of that is right, obviously, but that's just what I think.

    jenni adrenochrome.on July 04, 2009   Link

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