All Souls Day

The Ataris

You said you wanted to be loved
I think you wanted to be saved
Well, tell me, how am I supposed to save a girl like you
When I don't even know how to save myself?

Wish I could just forget
The double lives, the awkwardness
A union scarred by bitterness
A house we built on top of our regrets

There we were in California
Two tarnished golden hearts
Were we ever really together
Or just afraid of being apart?

I wish I could drive all night
Wake up in the harsh day light
In a different town, start a brand new life
And never have to see your face again

I wonder if the spell we're under
Will ever be broken
I wonder if the spell we're under
Is ever, ever going to end

I guess there's never any closure
Since the last look in our eyes
You said you hope that I'm happy now
And we both know, like everything, that's one big fucking lie

Wish I could turn around
Erase our lives, take back those vows
I guess it's not that easy now
I'll tear that fucking chapel to the ground

I wonder if the spell we're under
Will ever be broken
I wonder if the spell we're under
Is ever going to end

Today I woke up and these leaves had all withered
Faded and fell to the ground
Like our tired hearts

I wonder if the spell we're under
Will ever be broken
I wonder if the spell we're under
Will ever

I wonder if the spell we're under
Will ever be broken
I wonder if the spell we're under
Is ever going to end
I wonder if the spell we're under
Will ever be broken
I wonder if the spell we're under
Is ever, ever going to end


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All Souls' Day Lyrics as written by Kristopher Lee Roe

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    It's definitely leaves, but I still hear "the last look in our eyes."

    eltroyo11on April 12, 2009   Link

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