It's a shame when you know when you know this
When you roll your eyes back in your head
Fall asleep again and you're wakened
By the sounds of your heart when it's broken

Beautiful the scene every time
When I look at your face in the night
It's so bad, the things in my mind
But I swear I'll never leave you here

'Cause we deserve a second chance
I promise I'm not looking back
I'll love you till the end of this
I'll take away your fear

I can't believe we're doing this
And all the secrets that we've kept
Have kept us from the best of this
The best of you and me

You bottle it up inside
And take all the things I deny
And throw it away on the left
And take it back on the right

Beautiful the scene every time
When I look at your face in the night
It's so bad, the things in my mind
But I swear I'll never leave you here

'Cause we deserve a second chance
I promise I'm not looking back
I'll love you till the end of this
I'll take away your fear

I can't believe we're doing this
And all the secrets that we've kept
Have kept us from the best of this
The best of you and me
The best of you and me

Control this, control this
Control this, control this

(Control this)
It's a shame when you know when you know this
(Control this)
When you roll your eyes back in your head
(Control this)
Fall asleep again and you're wakened
(Control this)
By the sounds of your heart when it's broken

(Control this)
Beautiful the scene every time
(Control this)
When I look at your face in the night
(Control this)
When I look at your face in the night
(Control this)
When I look at your face in the night



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    are you joking? how has no one commented this song? i'm in love with this song. it's beautiful and it always makes me cry, no matter how many times i hear it. i'm still confused on the meaning. i'm not sure if it means anyting more than what the song literally says. i don't know. i just love it.

    sarahscutex3on June 10, 2008   Link
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    I agree, how has no one commented this? what a beautiful song and lyrics, the riff really captivates me.

    lovelyboneson November 11, 2008   Link
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    I believe this song is about a relationship reigniting.

    It's about how a couple may have broken up or had a really bad fight based on lies that both people told, and how the singer wants to make it work because the love is real.

    or something to that effect, anyway.

    Desperon March 31, 2009   Link
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    Beautiful song! I think its about a relationship that's starting and how they're falling in love, how their relationship is so much better when she expresses her heart to him. At the same time he wants to control their passion. Maybe because he doesn't want his heart to be broken (Fall asleep again and you're wakened.By the sounds of your heart when it's broken.) Or maybe he wants to control it because since he's a Christian, he wants to keep God first in his life.

    adrenalinerushon January 26, 2011   Link
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    i don't really many favorite things, but this, this is my favorite song.

    woahcoleon April 18, 2011   Link

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