Hello, how ya doing?
what's it like to ruin all my self esteem?
let me blow off some steam
for five years I've waited, so why
am I jaded to get back at you?
what makes it cool?

when you act like nothing ever happened
I feel like I should feel bad,
but I can't like someone who thought
they're the only one that mattered,
I hope that you're flattered
cause you broke this down,
the best thing that you never had

and it seems like a loss somehow my
heart got lost on the way to my head
and my brain cells are dead, and the
craziness
shows, now I start to go when
the green turns to red and I should be
dead

when you act like nothing ever happened,
I feel like I should feel bad,
but I can't like someone who thought
they're the only one that mattered while
my heart got shattered like romantic roadkill
my heart is all splattered your ego got
fatter and I hope that you're flattered,
cause you broke this down,
you broke this down,
the best thing that you never had

like the toilet seat never got lifted
and I pissed on your confidence when you
weren't around, how can that be?
don't turn this around, you were the one
who drove my ass right to the ground

when you act like nothing ever happened
I feel like I should feel bad, and I can't like
someone who thought they're the only
one that mattered while my heart got
shattered like romantic roadkill my heart
is all splattered your ego got fatter and I
hope that you're flattered
cause you broke this down,
you broke this down,
the best thing, the best thing
the best thing that you never had

you never had...


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Best Thing You Never Had Lyrics as written by Butch Walker

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    I think that it means this: Hello, how you doing? What's it like to ruin all my self-esteem? Let me blow off some steam For five years I waited, so why am I jaded to get back at you? What it makes it cool SHE LEFT HIM, AND HE STILLLOVING HER, AND HE HAS WAITED FOR 5 YEARS

    When you act like nothing ever happened I feel like I should feel bad But I can't like someone who thought they're the only one that mattered I hope that you're flattered 'Cause you broke this down The best thing that you never had SHE SEES HIM AND SHE ACTS LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED, LIKE THEY NEVER KNEW EACH OTHER, SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE AND SHE WAS VERY SELFISH AND SHE DESTROY THE REALTIONSHIP BUT HE WAS THE BEST THAT EVER HAPPENED TO HER AND HE LOVES HER

    mariani_walkeron February 04, 2006   Link

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