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Just Like You Said Lyrics
I'd say this more but I'm feeling troubled today
I'm stuck, my mind has been sinking for miles
I'm losing touch with my old friend
Next time my finger slips I've gotta learn to grip this
Till it hurts
This time is taking away from a stable heart
A year ago anxiety kept me away
But we've been over that, we'll make this better than before
I know that's not your smile but you still seem to wear it
You always meant a lot I never meant to be absent
We both know leaving does nothing to cure it
But regardless of the truth I never said that I liked it
THIS SONG IS SICK WITH HOPE
My time is wrapping up with you
It slips away with everything you say and do
I've said all I've said and I'm trying
To say the words that mean the most
I'm gonna leave them here to settle before I become
A ghost
This time is taking away from a stable heart
3 weeks to go on Saturday I move away
But we've been over that
We'll make this better than before
I've been driving and I've been listening
To the song that you left in my head
You'll always be there for me
Just like a friend, just like you said
Don't say I've wasted your time here with bad news
Don't say you'll leave me the way that I found you
(I used to lie awake and stare at)
Don't say
(Ceilings thinking of the air)
I've wasted
(You fill your lungs with)
Your time here with bad news
(I used to lie awake and stare at)
Don't say
(Ceilings thinking of the air)
You'll leave me
(You fill your lungs with)
The way that I found you.
I'm stuck, my mind has been sinking for miles
I'm losing touch with my old friend
Next time my finger slips I've gotta learn to grip this
Till it hurts
A year ago anxiety kept me away
But we've been over that, we'll make this better than before
You always meant a lot I never meant to be absent
We both know leaving does nothing to cure it
But regardless of the truth I never said that I liked it
THIS SONG IS SICK WITH HOPE
It slips away with everything you say and do
I've said all I've said and I'm trying
To say the words that mean the most
I'm gonna leave them here to settle before I become
A ghost
3 weeks to go on Saturday I move away
But we've been over that
We'll make this better than before
To the song that you left in my head
You'll always be there for me
Just like a friend, just like you said
Don't say you'll leave me the way that I found you
(I used to lie awake and stare at)
Don't say
(Ceilings thinking of the air)
I've wasted
(You fill your lungs with)
Your time here with bad news
(I used to lie awake and stare at)
Don't say
(Ceilings thinking of the air)
You'll leave me
(You fill your lungs with)
The way that I found you.
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I can't believe no one has commented on this. Look up the acoustic version too; fucking incredible. He's writing about being nostalgic. For a place, for a situation, for a group of friends, or for a girl.
The lyrics go from sad and depressing: "I'm stuck, my mind has been sinking for miles."
To awesome hooks like: "Next time my finger slips I've gotta learn to grip this Till it hurts" "We'll make this better than before"
I feel like he was really sad about growing up/moving and leaving his old life behind. Wrote this maybe as an anthem while he was trying to get out of a rut. Like a mantra. As in, "This song is sick with hope"
The line: "I'm trying to say the words that mean the most I'm gonna leave them here to settle before I become A ghost" -hit me pretty hard. It's the goal of any musician. The human condition. To leave something behind for the world to see after you're gone.
This guy is an incredible lyricist, imho. And the raw emotion in his voice and how it carried the song blew me away. This song describes my current situation exactly, so there's my biased opinion.