For all the good you say it does
It feels no better when you've had your say
You may believe it's just because
The words get colder when you're gone away
I thought I understand

What I was to you
I don't want to feel this way
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
'Cos you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it

As we become shadows of ourselves
Some may fear committed lives
I sure am one of them without you
Does it come to you as some surprise
I laid the ground beneath to doubt you
Was it ever girl

Something you could hold
I don't want to feel this way
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
'Cos you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it

As we become shadows of ourselves
I don't want to look away
I don't want to be the one denied
It ain't no fault of mine
Someone, somewhere told you lies
But we don't talk about it
We just become shadows of ourselves


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In the Absence of Sun Lyrics as written by Duncan Sheik

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    haha just had the third breakup with this guy and the first stanza is exactly it. "For all the good you say it does, It seems no better when you've had your say. We may believe it's just because The words get colder when you've gone away."

    we keep bringing things up about the relationships and having out say about it, especially me, thinking it'll make things better. But it never does.

    Pretty sad song. Relate waaay too hard.

    getmilesawayon December 17, 2009   Link

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