No words, my tears won't make any room for 'em
Oh, and it don't hurt
Like anything I've ever felt before
This is no broken heart
No familiar scars
This territory goes uncharted

Just me in a room sunk down in a house in a town
And I don't breathe
No, I never meant to let it get away from me
No, I'm too much to hold
Everybody has to get their hands on gold
And I want uncharted

Stuck under the ceiling I made
I can't help but feeling

I'm going down
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around
Like you'll show me where to go
I'm already out
A foolproof idea, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted

La, la, la-la-ah, oh

Each day I'm countin' up the minutes
'Til I get alone, 'cause I can't stay
In the middle of it all, it's nobody's fault, but I'm
So alone, never knew how much I didn't know
Oh, everything is uncharted

I know I'm getting nowhere
When I only sit and stare like

I'm going down
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around
Like you'll show me where to go
I'm already out
A foolproof idea, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted

Jump start my kaleidoscope heart
Love to watch the colors fade
They may not make sense
But they sure as hell made me

I won't go as a passenger, no
Waiting for the road to be laid
Though I may be going down
I'm taking flame over burning out

Compare
Where you are to where you want to be
And you'll get nowhere

I'm going down
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around
Like you'll show me where to go
I'm already out
A foolproof idea, so don't ask me how
To get started

Oh, I'm going down
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around
Like you'll show me where to go
I'm already out
A foolproof idea, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted

La, la, la-ah


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Uncharted Lyrics as written by Sara Beth Bareilles

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    This song is absolutley amazing. It totally describes me and where I am in life right now. I feel like I'm taking a path that few people have chosen willingly, and my friends want to help, am I'm just like, "Follow if you wanna, but I have no idea where its going how its going to work out." My parents keep telling me I need to spend more time with the family, and I can't tell them what I'm doing or that I need to be alone to be sucessful. Maybe one day they'll understand, but for now it's just me and an everything that is uncharted.

    smartykat37on October 03, 2010   Link

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