Oh I know you well
All your life Ive watched you breathe
Ive watched you lie across the seam through space and time
Through every year of every kind
Id wait like snow, on the eve of spring
I can out last cold, can you out last me?
Every word you say, is a perfect thing
Its the perfect time, for the perfect love

And you oh, you're all I desire
And you oh, this clever love wont tire

Oh Ive felt your spell
And all alike, its been like hell
Every single time the cycle goes
In and out of fear of getting left behind
I see your glow, your eyes are kind, they kill as well
I bare in mind, every word I say is a silent thing
And a solid wish, will you lay with me?

And you oh, you're all I desire
And you oh, this clever love wont tire
And you oh, you're all I desire
And you oh, our clever love caught fire

You're all that I want, your that I need
You're my everything


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Clever Love Lyrics as written by Tom Delonge Adam Willard

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    The first verse is about his children.

    "Oh, I know you well All your life I've watched you breathe, I've watched you lie"

    The lyrics shows that he knows his children well and all their life he has watched them breath and watched them lie. As in little white lies children tel when they're in trouble.

    "I can outlast cold, can you outlast me?" He hope his children will have a long and prosperous life. He wants them to outlast him. Live longer than he does.

    He then goes on to sing about his wife.

    At least thats what i think anyway.

    Woods20on January 21, 2014   Link

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