Collective Soul

Staring Down

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Loosened from my pride
Oh that monster kept me so tight
Threw my aces down
just to face the here and the now

So here I'll go again
I want to please
Here I'll go again
Sweet I'll sleep
Sleep till I dream

I've been looking
I've been staring down
I've been searching
I've been staring down
And your love is what I found

As cautious as a thief
Oh but restless in all of my needs
I'm standing here before all I wanted
And all that I've adored

So here I go again
I need to please
Yeah here I go again
Sweet you sleep
Sleep till I dream

I've been looking
I've been staring down
I've been searching
I've been staring down
And your love is what I

Long days, long nights
Just blinded by what was already in sight
Now I've found, I've found my way home
Yeah I found my way home

I've been looking
I've been staring down
I've been searching
I've been staring down

I've been looking
I've been staring down
I've been searching
I've been staring down
And your love is what I found

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chirrho On Jul 26, 2009

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by gjack2211

16y ago

Ed on keys with the band behind him! For now, he sounds better on keys with the band backing him up, but keep at it, ed! I think he should keep releasing songs like this. Really refreshing. Something off the normal CS trends which is not bad, just different. Gives the band and ed more opportunities in the future. I like this song more and more every time I here it. And of course, Will with his "woo, woo"s. im liking that. Also, on a lot of Ed's pictures (and a lot of pictures of artists trying to be all dramatic) they are looking down to the ground. Kind of a humbling look. Bruce Springsteen is the master of this. See the cover of The Essential Bruce Springsteen:

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/b/bruce-springsteen/album-the-essential-bruce-springsteen.jpg

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