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Every Time I Leave (I Leave For Good) Lyrics
I had to kick this nightclub scene
I drove out into the desert heat
To find my brother where he strays complete
I brought the rain with me
And if I really want to stay alive
There's a part of me that's gotta die
My brother he's the kindest kind
No need to see the light
If I wanted to stay, you know that I would
I don't like to be misunderstood
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
I know, oh, I know you're not keeping track
But I keep on comin' back
I keep comin' back the way you said I would
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
Somewhere there's a girl, I don't know her name
But I get so lonely, I can picture her face
I guess right now, we've gone our separate ways
But I'm gonna marry her one day
And every age that you get in life
Oh, there's a sweet and there's an ugly side
I try to be patient, for it comes in time, and thankful for what's mine
If I wanted to stay, you know that I would
I don't like to be misunderstood
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
I know, oh, I know you're not keeping track
But I keep on comin' back
I keep comin' back the way you said I would
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
Well, I keep on runnin'
Oh, and I keep goin' home
But the trouble stays with me everywhere I roam
If I wanted to stay, you know that I would
I don't like to be misunderstood
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
I know, oh, I know you're not keeping track
But I keep on comin' back
I keep comin' back the way you said I would
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
I drove out into the desert heat
To find my brother where he strays complete
I brought the rain with me
There's a part of me that's gotta die
My brother he's the kindest kind
No need to see the light
I don't like to be misunderstood
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
I know, oh, I know you're not keeping track
But I keep on comin' back
I keep comin' back the way you said I would
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
But I get so lonely, I can picture her face
I guess right now, we've gone our separate ways
But I'm gonna marry her one day
Oh, there's a sweet and there's an ugly side
I try to be patient, for it comes in time, and thankful for what's mine
I don't like to be misunderstood
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
I know, oh, I know you're not keeping track
But I keep on comin' back
I keep comin' back the way you said I would
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
Oh, and I keep goin' home
But the trouble stays with me everywhere I roam
I don't like to be misunderstood
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
I know, oh, I know you're not keeping track
But I keep on comin' back
I keep comin' back the way you said I would
Yeah, every time I leave here, I leave for good
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dave is really close to his brother :)
i think that there are feelings of confusion and frustration. he's trying to make things right but he can't.
Not completely sure what this song is about. He says that he leaves for good, but he also says that he always comes back...
Yeah he's really close, definitely can tell that from They're Not Like Us from his street to nowhere days :P
Yeah he's really close, definitely can tell that from They're Not Like Us from his street to nowhere days :P
But the leaving for good and always coming back part, I kinda took it as even though he's leaving and coming back constantly, there's a part of him that leaves for good. Perhaps something in him that doesn't come back with him where whenever he returns, things aren't always quite the same. I guess you could also tie in the lines "If I really wanna stay alive, there's a part of me that's gotta die", where these different lines from...
But the leaving for good and always coming back part, I kinda took it as even though he's leaving and coming back constantly, there's a part of him that leaves for good. Perhaps something in him that doesn't come back with him where whenever he returns, things aren't always quite the same. I guess you could also tie in the lines "If I really wanna stay alive, there's a part of me that's gotta die", where these different lines from the verse and chorus are sorts of metaphors for both you gotta give something to get something, but after so much moving around, things lose their familiarity.
This may seem dumb but I mean think of the game "telephone" where you tell a person one thing, and see if it can be passed through a bunch of people. Eventually the sentence, or life/experiences/home/whatever you wanna think of it as, loses it's familiarity.