I want to help you
but I don't know how
I want to soothe you
but I can't speak out
I have many fears about rejection
I have many memories of pain
I have always been a little shy
so I'll turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
I want to hold you
but I am afraid
I want to touch you
but I'm not that way
I have many doubts about my motives
I have many fears about my greed
I have always hurt the one that I love
so I'll turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
[guitar solo]
I have many doubts about my motives
I have many fears about my greed
I have always hurt the one that I love
so I'll turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
the other way
the other way
the other way
the other way
but I don't know how
I want to soothe you
but I can't speak out
I have many fears about rejection
I have many memories of pain
I have always been a little shy
so I'll turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
I want to hold you
but I am afraid
I want to touch you
but I'm not that way
I have many doubts about my motives
I have many fears about my greed
I have always hurt the one that I love
so I'll turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
[guitar solo]
I have many doubts about my motives
I have many fears about my greed
I have always hurt the one that I love
so I'll turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
other way
other way
I will turn and look the other way
the other way
the other way
the other way
the other way
Lyrics submitted by Wrapid
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I don't really know the merit of the Wiki article about Rivers writing this song about consoling Elliot Smith's girlfriend after the suicide or murder or whatever, but I guess it could make sense.
This song is a fit for any geek who has loved in the past and is afraid to love again. Take me for example, after nearly 2 years have passed from my first real experience with love, I finally feel like I have the ability to love a different girl. This scares me to death.
I'm pretty much in the same mental and emotional state that I was in before, except now I'm a little wiser and more mature. I know that I will not make the same mistakes that I have made in the past, but my therapist and I are working on making me able to handle the unknown and start talking to people again before it's too late.