Lies won't save you from the bomb that you just dropped
I'm standing shellshocked but I'm still here
And this to you is what I'm saying
All that's false will
Fade away

You run away from what you know will surely come
I will remember everything that you have done
And this to you is what I'm saying
All that's false will
Fade away

I'll say it again because
Who are you
To say to me
That I'm not all right
You don't know it's like
I'm shellshocked
And ripped apart inside
No I'm not all right
You don't know what it's like

Well yeah a change in character is great
And if it's what you need to say
It's probably what I need to hear
But never again in that way

I don't care what I'm doing that turning you off of me
It's my care for pursuing our friendship responsibly
That's why I need to reconstruct what happens subconsciously
So we don't continue to treat our silence so obnoxiously

Lies won't save you from the bomb that you just dropped
I'm standing shellshocked but I'm still here
And this to you is what I'm saying
All that's false will
Fade away


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Shellshocked Lyrics as written by Benjamin Melan Collins Barry Louis Collins

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    I'd say it's about dealin with problems in a relationship whether it'd be girlfriend/boyfriend or any other friend. It's not good to lie to any friend. Communication is key and essential in any relationship. Once people stop talkin' to each other, they drift away. Facing the facts and moving forward in a relationship is what I think this song is about.

    Ruttikerson August 13, 2007   Link

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