So I got your message
And it's been a long time
Since we have spoken
Face to face

I can't help but question
Your cause of interest
Just left the dead lay
Buried in their graves

Why now?
When I was feeling just content enough
To forget you
I found skeletons grow stronger
When kept from the light

I would rather die
Than admit that I
Don't know, don't know
I would rather die
Than admit that I
Don't know, don't know
You would rather be alone
Than admit that you were wrong
Than admit that you were wrong

There's blood on the freeway
Painting a poisoned past
Kissed with a hard rain
Washed away

You're back to your old ways
Carelessly leaving tracks
The road you have chosen
I refuse to take

Why now?
When I was feeling just content enough
To forget you
I found skeletons grow stronger
When kept from the light

I would rather die
Than admit that I
Don't know, don't know
I would rather die
Than admit that I
Don't know, don't know
You would rather be alone
Than admit that you were wrong
Than admit that you were wrong

I would rather die
Than admit that I
Don't know, don't know
I would rather die
Than admit that I
Don't know, don't know
You would rather be alone

Why now?
When I was feeling just content enough
To forget you
I found skeletons grow stronger
When kept in the rearview

Why now?
When I was feeling just content enough
To forget you
I found skeletons grow stronger
When kept in the rearview
In the rearview


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    I think 'bigmess' pretty much has it. They were together, they broke up on her behalf and she put him through so much, but now she regrets this and wants him back, but after what she put him through, he doesn't think it's best for himself or them.

    MichaelHutcheonon January 26, 2010   Link

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