Chase This Light

Jimmy Eat World

I'm a suspect, I'm a traitor
I'm only here in body visiting
You're the faces in the distant screens
The beauty is in what isn't said
I'm rising to my feet

Because tonight the world turned on me
Because right now I don't dare to breathe

Oh, babe, I know
It's alive
And somewhere for us to find tonight
Chase this light with me

My just world
My last call
My life is yours in your gifted hands
Confetti rain falls in a quiet stream
These things I found are special now
The night is in my reach

Because tonight the world turned on me
Because right now I don't dare to breathe

Oh, babe, I know
It's alive
And somewhere for us to find tonight
Chase this light with me

Movie still, photograph
Through our mother's eyes I can see
I've seen the best of love, the best of hate
The best reward is earned and I paid
For every single word
I've ever said

Confetti rain falls in a quiet stream
The beauty is in what you make it
So get up on your feet

Because tonight the world turned on me
Because right now I don't dare to breathe


Lyrics submitted by Smolinski, edited by Syrus666, IfYouSaySo

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    to me it sounds like "it's alive and somewhere for us to find tonight"

    allstar2003on October 10, 2007   Link

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