And back to these cold shitty days in Portland
Wishing I'd never come across your face
Laying by the memories of things unspoken
Scared by thoughts of your father
Made me look over the flaws of your nature
Laying on your back became your only escape
You feel so old, used, but not yet broken
Not to think you have it all together
I never planned to carry your burdens
But this child was a mistake

I knew from the moment I stepped off that plane,
We had no future
How come your dreams are always so bitter?
And who knows,
Maybe one day,
She will know my name

You still return to the same skylines,
That leave you broken
Cheap talks with even cheaper company
Keeps the days turning into nights
You lay awake crying cause your child,
Carries my name,
While I regret ever making you apart of my life.
Sadly enough,
This song's not to hurt you,
Just to show the world that I'm free.

I knew from the moment I stepped off that plane,
We had no future.
How come your dreams are always so bitter?
And who knows,
Maybe one day,
She will know my name.
She'll know.
She will know.


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    This song's meaning is well documented. It is about a girl that Jonny was with a while back. She became pregnant but there was question about whether or not the child was his. She to this day has denied him a paternity test and continues to leave him in limbo about it after his countless attempts to find out the truth. This song declares his freedom from the burden that she put on him and his wish to find the truth or be let free from the purgatory he has been put in.

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