Try to forget about
Living the good life
Free of positions
That make her feel vulnerable
She's loved and she's lost
She's bearing the cost
She seeks to find the answer for

Woke up today around
Six in the morning
Violently shaking
Remembering what she once saw
She bared it alone
Still she carried on
She seeks to find the answers for

The reason her life did not turn out
More like a movie
She's trying to forget it all

She tries to erase
She tries to replace
How it feels but I
Know she can never go home

I don't believe in anything
But I believe in you
I never trusted anyone
But somehow I trust you

And if I fall away
Someday you might find me
If I fall away
Someday...


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    gabe lives a town over from me- he used to be pretty good friends with my best friends brother. we always see him around which rocks cuz they rock. this song was actually on the radio the other day- i know a lot of people get scared of mainstream and all, but its the same music as it was before things got big- gotta love midtown.

    rockerchica02on July 02, 2002   Link
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    Off their April release "Living Well Is The Best Revenge"... not 100% sure of the lyrics, but it's pretty damn close.

    pezkingbeardoon February 17, 2002   Link
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    you were pretty close with the lyrics on this one, but this song has great lyrics overall. it's a pretty nifty song with pretty nifty lyrics.

    idykyadykon April 25, 2002   Link
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    This song means a lot to me and I can fully relate to it. It's about a girl, obviously, who is wondering why her life wasn't more like a movie. Dur. She's tried to make it so and "erase" her past to make her life more movie-like but she can't forget it. But she can't ever go back to the way that it used to be. I can totally relate... why can't life be like a movie? When it says,

    "She's loved and she's lost,"

    I can relate... i know that i'm loved. BUt i'm lost and i don't know where to go. That's at leaset what the song means to me.

    way2emoon April 29, 2002   Link
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    oh- and you can get the lyrics off their site which is SO much better than their last one. Even though their last one rawked ;)

    midtownrock.com

    way2emoon April 29, 2002   Link
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    Probably my fav song on Living Well... it's awesome! ;]

    Franniebaby23on May 02, 2002   Link
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    their other album is better, but this song is fuckin great. definately. :)

    sloppy_agneson May 07, 2002   Link
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    i heard this song for the first time and cried,,, i love midtown and their lyrics... everyone can relate to this song

    cherrypunkker07on May 20, 2002   Link
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    everybody can relate to this in one way or another.. especially girls.. i love this song, and 'new found finch', all guys named gabe are assholes.

    weezergirlon June 01, 2002   Link
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    this song is amazing. nothing more can be said.

    los_spaudoon June 05, 2002   Link

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