The signal is subtle
We pass just close enough to touch
No questions, no answers
We know by now to say enough
With only simple words
With only subtle turns
The things we feel alone for one another

[Chorus:]
There is a secret that we keep
I won't sleep if you won't sleep
Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given
We are compelled to do what we must do
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

So I won't sleep if you won't sleep tonight

Our act of defiance
We keep this secret in our blood
No paper or letters
We pass just close enough to touch
We love in secret names
We hide within our veins
The things that keep us bound to one another

[Chorus]

Until the last trace and this hope
Is frozen deep inside my bones
And this broken fate has claimed me
And my memories for its own
Your name is pounding through my veins
Can't you hear how it is sung?
And I can taste you in my mouth
Before the words escape my lungs
And I'll whisper only once...

[Chorus]

'Cause you will be somebody's girl
And you will keep each other warm
But tonight I am feeling cold


Lyrics submitted by Clark Gable

The Secret's in the Telling Lyrics as written by Christopher Andrew Carrabba

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    they've done it again another sodding brilliant song it's weird there isn't one song on the new album i dislike normally there is like one song on any album that i skip not on dusk and summer and this song is just brill i agree with hopelessly hopeful, and how amersami32's relationship fits with this song. also good on you amersami32 for following your heart and not following the rules of society. =] super.

    harlequinxgirlon July 28, 2006   Link

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