When I know I'm all alone
I say your name slowly
And I know that I'm alone
But I carry you

Does it feel good like the memory
When you try some history
It's a dream to come around
The rule doesn't bend
Because the taste doesn't taste the same again

It's easy feeling righteous when removed
All you'll get is what you wanna hear
It hurts because it should
How else am I to make it clear?

I could never be the one that you want
Don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed

Maybe a lie is what I need sometimes
You told the most and best of anyone
You said to "keep me in your pocket"
So I carried you

You better choose your words carefully
Because I'm not your anything
Gonna stay here in my place
And you stay in yours
Because you're only good as what you're good for

I pace around the room to spend the time
Waiting while the burning pictures fade
One thing to make you mine
And another to say its name

I could never be the one that you want
Don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed
It passed

I'm still carrying a little hope
That maybe things could be different now
Is that so wrong?
Is that so wrong?
Is that so wrong?

Wanna see you tonight
At a place we go
(G-Going through the motions
Leads to real emotions)
I wanna make things right
Before time runs out
(It was like you said
"The taste don't taste like it should")
Roll down the windows
Let the cold air come in, yeah
Slap my face just to feel, to feel you somehow again
Again

I could never be the one that you want
Don't ask
Well, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed

I could never be the one that you want
Don't ask
Yeah, here's to living in the moment
'Cause it passed, it passed
'Cause it passed, passed, it passed


Lyrics submitted by ellie117, edited by weissman, dontyouaskme

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    Wow. When I first heard this song the other day it was like it totally read my mind.

    When you've broken up with someone, and are struggling to accept it's over. You're telling yourself it's never going to work, you're not right for each other, but a part of you is saying that it could have worked had it happened in different circumstances. You're trying to stay away from the person and forget it, but you still have this hope that won't go away that you want to give it another go and that you could be amazing if only you could give it another shot. You're "carrying" that hope but also that person in your heart, so that however hard you try you can't escape them.

    Ultimately though, you realise that it's never going to be how it was, and you have to accept that you're just not meant to be. =(

    treacheroustigeron October 27, 2007   Link

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