Love,
I'm aching to believe
Give me something real enough
Give me somewhere to fall from

cause in the dark
I can't find my feet
Built my world on promises
Colorless and cold

[Chorus]
I'm short of breath, I'm sure
Gone, let it wash away the best I had
Gone, and when I disappear
Don't expect me back, don't expect me back

Lost, sweetest things get lost
In the static far away
Painted pictures of you
I fold
Don't want to be holy then
Don't want to be sold again
The way I was with you

[Chorus]

I'm short of breath, I'm sure
Gone, let it wash away
The best I had
Gone, and when I disappear
Don't expect me back
Don't expect me back

At its worse the heart is sober
At its worse the heart is cold, cold, cold

[Chorus]

Gone, let it wash away
The best I had
Gone, and when I disappear
Don't expect me back
Don't expect me back
Don't expect me back


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    This is about how he was once in love and how he was swept up in it. He built his world "on promises." But when it all came undone, he found himself lost. Now he's aching to believe that love can exist again.

    He's bitter. He lost his innocence, naive nature. He doesn't want to be holy or sold on love again. That part of him has lost.

    He's telling her he's gone now. I think both figuratively (the naive person he once was) and literally.

    Good song.

    cubbyblueson September 08, 2007   Link

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