(V1)
I’m out on my own again
Face down in the porcelain
Feeling so high but looking so low
Party favors on the floor
Group of girls banging on the door
So many new fair-weather friends ooo…

(CHORUS)
Have you ever been so lost
Known the way and still so lost

(V2)
Caught in the eye of a hurricane
Slowly waving goodbye like a pageant parade
So sick of this town pulling me down
My mother says I should come back home but
Can’t find the way cause the way is gone
So if I pray am I just sending words into outer space

(CHORUS)
Have you ever been so lost
Known the way and still so lost
Another night waiting for someone to take me home
Have you ever been so lost

(BRIDGE)
Is there a light
Is there a light
At the end of the road
I’m pushing everyone away
‘Cause I can’t feel this anymore
Can’t feel this anymore

(CHORUS)
Have you ever been so lost
Known the way and still so lost
Another night waiting for someone to take me home
Have you ever been so lost
Have you ever been so LOST.



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    i think this song is about her leaving her home and everything she's known. But i think its also about her feeling so empty because she doesn't have God in her life anymore. Like when she says, "So if I pray am I just sending words into outer space?" Now that she has turned her back on her religion [or just let it sorta dissolve in L.A.], she thinks the way back to God is lost. ["Can’t find the way cause the way is gone...Known the way and still so lost"] I know non-believers would think that i'm just a crazy christian, but i think only people who have been christians in the past, and have strayed, know that empty, lost feeling inside. and right now i am at that point in my life and thats why i can totally relate to this song. the first time i heard it, i cried. i love this song.

    Drewz17on September 12, 2008   Link

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