I'm sorry
Two words I always think
After you've gone
When I realize I was acting all wrong

So selfish
Two words that could describe
Oh actions of mine
When patience is in short supply

We don't need to say goodbye
We don't need to fight and cry
Oh we, we could hold each other tight tonight

We're so helpless
We're slaves to our impulses
We're afraid of our emotions
And no one knows where the shore is
We're divided by the ocean
And the only thing I know is
That the answer isn't for us
No the answer isn't for us

I'm sorry
Two words I always think
Oh after you've gone
When I realize I was acting all wrong

We don't need to say goodbye
We don't need to fight and cry
We, we could hold each other tight tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight


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So Sorry Lyrics as written by Dominic Salole Leslie Feist

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    I don't think anyone can beat Feist when it comes to espressing emotions simplistcaly like this, and in such a poetic, evocative way!

    "No one, knows where the shore is We're divided by the ocean"

    So POETIC!!!! Its as if she's saying, just forgive me, lets just - foegt. And hold each other!

    And I thought it was 'Slaves to our impulses' not 'forces' ...seems to amke more sense, but what the hey

    I_heart_lyricson July 11, 2007   Link

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