Matt Nathanson

Continue Dreaming

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I shouldn't need to wish that I am all I am not
I shouldn't need to always offer you my thoughts, but I do

And I've opened myself up to the wrong and felt that pain
And I've opened myself all up to you and felt the same
Please don't explain, just let me continue dreaming

You understand what hurts me but I was the one who made that known
And now it seems my time is over and I need some time alone

<i>(Chorus)</i>

Why must I be affected
By the words of those who know not what they've said?
You're no longer someone I'll remember
But someone I'll regret

<i>(Chorus)</i>

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2002-04-26 21:12:54

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by SingMeSweet

22y ago

Another Matt song I love so much because I can relate to it. It's about feeling misunderstood and just wanting to be someone else who would be understood. Also about opening up to the wrong person and wanting that person to understand you and loved you and they never will but you still want to believe that they will. You just want to pretend you have something real.

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by sadhappy

21y ago

"You're no longer someone I'll remember But someone I'll regret " Wow! Talk about hitting the nail on the head!!! Hate that feeling, but love the song.

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by Jpratt3

19y ago

Ok Matt is actually a friend of mine and he told me why he wrote it. It was his senior year in highschool when he wrote this. he went to a small boarding school in new hampshire so everyone knew everyone at the school. anyway the night before he was supposed to play at an all school assembly he found out his girl friend was cheating on him. So he wrote the song that night and played it infront of the whole school the next day. Everyone instantly knew what the song meant and who it was talking about. the girl ran out of the room crying

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