Sweet White Lies
Drowning in my pool of sorrows
Can you imagine what I see?
The wrath of all of these emotions
That you place inside of me [x2]

Memories fade away
And pictures of a happy yesterday
Are nothing more than
sweet, white, lies.....

If I've said it once,
I've said it a thousand times
But our hearts decide
what they want to hear

Never before has something so bad felt so good
And though we know we're killing our tomorrow
We must live for today
For this moment when time stops and we only know of each other
Each kiss is a kiss of false hope
But it's ok!

Maybe I enjoy this pain
If I live for this moment
I'll have eternal memories
And never again doubt

That you and I are real
These feelings, so strong, so wrong


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    great song even better lyrics..................
    skateo8on December 04, 2001   Link
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    This Song is Great, you know! it fits in with a problem i have right now, "friends with benifits" except me likey more than a friend ..... i guess thats my problem :(
    MockOrangeon June 15, 2002   Link
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    Have they drowned? Because the "current" was too strong? Sorry for the crap analogy, but it has to do.
    Bobo192on June 15, 2002   Link
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    ive heard this song in a club. i like these acutic slowdowns. nice song, nice lyrics! nothin more to say :)
    aT0on July 07, 2002   Link
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    this is an amazing song, i LOVE keepsake, they're unbelievably talented
    broken_hopeon July 21, 2002   Link
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    absolutly amazing and if u think otherwise u will lay the damn smackdown on ur face!!!
    kbpunkon July 24, 2002   Link
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    breaking a part of my heart to find release bringing you out of my blood to bring me peace
    x-ray caton July 30, 2002   Link
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    This song reminds me so much of my last boyfriend- we did the whole friends w/ benefits thing after we had a 10 month relationship but i loved him still and i knew when he found soemone else itd hurt me but being w/ him felt so good i didnt care-this has gotta be one of the best songs ever.
    emogirl45on August 04, 2002   Link
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    i cant stop listening to this song..its just amazing... Right when the part "if i said it once then ive said it a thousand times" comes in i get this chill and its just wow...i love keepsake :)
    IgnoredFutility0on August 26, 2002   Link
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    Does anyone have a CD cover of one of the 4 Keepsake records please? Please help!
    bjorkellinaon September 22, 2002   Link

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