This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Too easy to explain
Too easy to explain
What you'll never talk about
Too easy to explain
But you'll never see the light behind an open door
Some days already all over for me
Some days already all over for me
Too easy to refrain
What you'll never talk about
Too easy to refrain
But you'll never see the light behind an open door
See the light behind an open door
Some days already all over for me
Some days already all over for me
On these nights we shine
Love ain't all the time we learn
I'd never want it so
Too easy to explain
But you'll never
Some days already all over for me
Some days already all over for me
On these nights we shine
Love ain't all the time we learn
I'd never want it so
See the light behind an open door
Too easy to explain
What you'll never talk about
Too easy to explain
But you'll never see the light behind an open door
Some days already all over for me
Some days already all over for me
Too easy to refrain
What you'll never talk about
Too easy to refrain
But you'll never see the light behind an open door
See the light behind an open door
Some days already all over for me
Some days already all over for me
On these nights we shine
Love ain't all the time we learn
I'd never want it so
Too easy to explain
But you'll never
Some days already all over for me
Some days already all over for me
On these nights we shine
Love ain't all the time we learn
I'd never want it so
See the light behind an open door
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