Every time I get near your field of gravity
You look so sad to me, tell how could that be?
Ah, ah, she said things I obsess I would never confess
Ah, ah, I told her don't dwell
That will leave you in hell

Sometimes things that you're scorned for
You should be adored for
But like I told her, don't dwell

I know, my love, that I look dilapidated
But are you glad I made it?
Can you tell me that much?
Ah, ah, why are you surprised I don't take my advice?

Ah, ah, she told me don't dwell
That will leave you in hell

Sometimes I need reminding
Regret is so blinding
But like I told me, don't dwell

Everything is a choice
Go ahead, raise your voice
Might as well forgive yourself
That means more than someone else
Set you free, break the shell
To your demons farewell (ooh, na na na na)
I tell you, don't dwell

Everything is a choice
Go ahead, raise your voice
Might as well forgive yourself
That means more than someone else
Set you free, break the shell
To your demons farewell (ooh, na na na na)
I tell you, don't dwell


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    this song is pop at its finest. simple, catchy, and has a good message behind it. i like it alot. if it wasnt for the love song, this would have probably been the 3rd single off evolver.

    borlando311on May 28, 2006   Link

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