Getting too busy to make amends
I should try to make it right
Are you ready for the shit to hit
I think you say you are but aren't
Doctor make it better instantly
You're the only one who can
I've waited here my whole damn life
And I've forgotten what I wanted

Maybe I can do it
If I put my back into it
I can leave you if I wanted
But there's nowhere else that I can go

Maybe I won't suffer
If I find I way to love her
I'd be lying to myself
But there is no way out that I can see

If I lied you'd know it instantly
So I just had to look away
All the honesty I've ever lost
I can't begin to even curse
I never knew the taste of blood til now
It's clear I never should have known
Breathing fire was never this much fun
So there's a dark side in us all


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Ways & Means Lyrics as written by Mark Pete Mcclelland Gary Lightbody

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    i love songs that have deep lyrics that must be interpreted... plus does anyone else think this song is hella sexy? that piano playing just two minor chords over and over just plain makes me wanna get it on!

    MamaDon January 06, 2006   Link

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