Fell for you in a telephone booth
Where I never, ever told the truth
I'll never love you as much as I could miss you

Dollhouse rooms and marble stairs
You tattooed me with the pen in your hair
You can rest assured the ink is still there

Shut it down, start it up
Didn't mean anything, didn't mean much
Shut it down, start it up
So I leave you in love
So I leave you in love

You came over with a bottle of bleach
And died my hair blonde in the kitchen sink
We learned how to kiss from magazines

And each night we shared a bed
You were talking in your sleep again
An ancient language, I thought you said

Shut it down, start it up
Didn't mean anything, didn't mean much
Shut it down, start it up
So I leave you in love
So I leave you in love

We didn't move on, we didn't change
We didn't move on, we just moved away
We didn't move on, we didn't change
We didn't move on, we just moved away

Shut it down, start it up
Didn't mean anything, didn't mean much
Shut it down, start it up
So I leave you in love
So I leave you in love

We didn't move on, we didn't change
We didn't move on, we just moved away
We didn't move on, we didn't change
We didn't move on, we just moved away

So I leave you in love


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    My Interpretation

    I love the lyrics so much. Personally, it makes me think of the movie (500) Days of Summer. Like they did all these fun things together, trying to be friends, just being good friends, but their relationship ended up being more than they had intended or expected. and one of them isn't committed to making it more/accepting that it has become more, so they leave. They leave and move away, leaving the other in love.

    lovelikearoseon April 04, 2013   Link

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