Search for the answers I knew all along
I lost myself
We all fall down
Never the wiser of what I've become
Alone, I stand
A broken man

All I have is one last chance
I won't turn my back on you
Take my hand
Drag me down
If you fall, then I will, too
And I can't save what's left of you

Sing something new
I have nothing left
I can't face the dark without you
There's nothing left to lose
The fight never ends
I can't face the dark without you

Swallow me under and pull me apart
I understand, there's nothing left
Pain so familiar and close to the heart
No more, no less, I won't forget
Come back down, save yourself
I can't find my way to you
And I can't bear to face the truth

Sing something new
I have nothing left
I can't face the dark without you
There's nothing left to lose
The fight never ends
I can't face the dark without you

I wanted to forgive
I'm trying to forget
Don't leave me here again
I am with you forever, the end

Sing something new
I have nothing left
I can't face the dark without you
There's nothing left to lose
The fight never ends
I can't face the dark without you

Holding the hand that holds me down
I forgive you, forget you, the end
Holding the hand that holds me down
I forgive you, forget you, the end


Lyrics submitted by pastachickennugget42, edited by BeforeGod

Without You Lyrics as written by Benjamin Burnley Jasen Rauch

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    My Interpretation

    Funnily enough, I don't actually see this as a "bad relationship" as such - at least, it's not bad between them.

    I sort of see this as him talking to a girl, and they've both been through hell, and at times it seems like it would have been easier to give up, but he refuses to let go. He doesn't want to face the dark without her, either the worst bit to come, or just the normal darkness that happens in everybody's lives, because she matters too much to him.

    But I also see how death can come into it - either she's dying and he wants to die, too, so they won't die separately or alone, or he's dying, and he wants her to stay with him so that he doesn't have to die alone (as in, he wants her to be ther when he dies, not he wants to kill her so they can die together).

    VellaMalachiteon January 04, 2010   Link

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