Come back to what you know,
Take everything real slow
I wanna lose you but I can't Let you go.

Before you interfere
Let me make it loud and clear, that you got no more to prove.
I'm a fool.
So take it easy on yourself,
There's nothing new about regretting how you felt.
I'll never let you down,
Or ever feel the way that I've been fearing now.

Coming back to what you know won't mean a thing.
Everything that you've done keeps you from me.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
I'm coming back to what you know,
Cos I know that I need it now it's gone.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're eye

So hang on to what you've got, keep it safe.
Hang on to what you've got,
Keep it safe from harm. You'll find.
There's nothing new that we can't leave behind.

Come back to what you know,
Take everything, real slow,
I wanna lose you but I got,
Far too high To let go
Now the demon in me knows,
What I knew so long ago

Coming back to what you know won't mean a thing.
Everything that you've done keeps you from me.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
I'm coming back to what you know,
Cos I know that I need it now it's gone.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.

So hang on to what you've got, keep it safe.
Hang on to what you've got, keep it safe from harm.
We got time. We got time.

Coming back to what you know won't mean a thing.
Everything that you've done keeps you from me.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
I'm coming back to what you know,
Cos I know that I need it now it's gone.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
Come back to what you know,
Take everything real slow,
I tried to lose you,
But I got far too close.


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    more than you'll ever know ?iain Doesxx

    gina_gon May 02, 2003   Link
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    more than you'll ever know ?iain Doesxx

    gina_gon May 02, 2003   Link
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    What a song. Its so appropriate in some situations..

    King Statto IIIon August 29, 2005   Link
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    Indeed it is. I've never actually had a serious relationship, let alone got back with one.

    But remember when, after a fight with a friend and not talking to him for months, we finally were forced into the situation where we had to go home from college together on a train.

    We started talking, and eventually acknowledged the fact that we were getting on and didn't feel opressed by each other anymore, just refreshed that we could talk again.

    I got home and put this on my CD player. The rest as they say, is history.

    Shaun

    Shaunuson October 04, 2005   Link

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