its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
I had a thought I never could capture
Holding you and holding back.
But I held too tight and it broke and it shattered,
I was watching while you cracked.
The day at the lake when I made funny faces
And then we laughed so hard it hurt.
Now I'm a ghost floating and shapeless
Trying to come back down to earth.
And I'll come back down.
I'll come back down.
I'll come back down.
Eventually.
I've made mistakes and I've blown second chances
and there's some things I can't reverse.
I don't want more minute romances
I want to love you til you burst.
So ready or not I'm gonna love you to pieces
The only way that I know how.
I've gotta hunch that you're just what I needed
and I'm gonna love you til you burst.
Holding you and holding back.
But I held too tight and it broke and it shattered,
I was watching while you cracked.
The day at the lake when I made funny faces
And then we laughed so hard it hurt.
Now I'm a ghost floating and shapeless
Trying to come back down to earth.
And I'll come back down.
I'll come back down.
I'll come back down.
Eventually.
I've made mistakes and I've blown second chances
and there's some things I can't reverse.
I don't want more minute romances
I want to love you til you burst.
So ready or not I'm gonna love you to pieces
The only way that I know how.
I've gotta hunch that you're just what I needed
and I'm gonna love you til you burst.
Lyrics submitted by petey3eb
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