Baby, don't yell
You're tearing a hole right through the walls
Of everything we used to know
I'm building a place, something amazing
Just for the sake of saving us
From under the sun
Two plastic hearts with nowhere to run
We're rolling the dice on whatever's left
'Cause God only knows that we could use the rest

Me and you, living under a paper moon
'Cause real life just isn't right
Let's fabricate
Me and you, living under a paper moon
This real life just isn't right
Let's get away
Let's fabricate

Baby, don't fret
At least we're alive with just enough breath
To truly despise the hills in the carpet
Knots in the ties that bind us
So tightly to our waking lives
I'll build up a house, I'll build up an army
Of cellophane soldiers, cheap origami
To take back a piece of whatever's left
Of that little box that beats in your chest

Me and you, living under a paper moon
'Cause real life just isn't right
Let's fabricate
Me and you, living under a paper moon
This real life just isn't right
Let's get away
Let's fabricate

I'm building a place
Something amazing just for the sake of saving us
And whatever's left of that little box
That beats in your chest

Me and you, living under a paper moon
'Cause real life just isn't right
Let's fabricate
Me and you, living under a paper moon
This real life just isn't right
Let's get away
This real life just isn't right
Let's fabricate


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Under a Paper Moon Lyrics as written by Michael Joseph Green Alexander William Gaskarth

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    Seems like it's about a long term relationship that is falling apart or going through a rough patch. He wants her to stop fighting and forget the world around them and all of the conflict it is causing. Either that or he wants to ignore the fact that the relationship is falling apart, and he wants to just focus on the good parts of it, save it. He wants to pretend that everything bad is non-existant. He wants to win her over again and for her to put aside everything that is happening and see that he still wants to fight.

    Love this song, saw it live 3/26!

    callingxxyouon April 01, 2011   Link

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