Some days you feel grand
and there's games to play
enter a flame you cannot explain
she is divine you say
i am grand and you are mine
will you dine today?
and she caught my heart w/ a gentle stare
soothing me in every way
while she's slowly slipping away
calm down it's okay
she's too fine for you
go away she's got things to do
and has no time for you
and she broke my heart w/ a gentle stare
losing her faster than a sound
cause she knows no one lives in the ground
ooh don't you walk away
you're amazing and i'd be
ooh if you didn't stay
can you blame me i'm just a fool from another day
and i'm lonely so won't you be brave
feeling stoned in a funny way
i guess it's time to go
heading north where the days are cold
and the time is slow
i would live alone in my house of stone
staring out at the sea
wondering what is wrong w/ me
ooh don't you walk away you're amazing and i'd be
ooh if you didn't stay
can you blame me i'm just a fool from another day
and i'm lonely so won't you be brave
lights out and i cannot sleep
i guess it rained today
a blue rose i cannot keep
has found a way
to make me change all the things i wear
fading slowly w/ time
is the thought that someday she would be mine
ooh don't you walk away
you're amazing and i'd be blue if you didn't stay
can you blame me i'm just a fool from another day
and i'm lonely so won't you be brave



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Cellophane Lyrics as written by Sharky Laguana Ian Sefchick

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    I love this song so much!It's all about unrequited love and trying to reconcile with realizing that your "perfect person" is not so perfect after all.

    fearfireon January 14, 2009   Link

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