Now that you are leaving

Not By Choice

I don't know what to do when the fire's going out
I don't know where it ends and I don't know where it starts
You tell me I have to wait until tomorrow
But I don't know if I can make it through today

You will never know
What its like to be here what its like to be me
I won't let it show
What I'm really feeling now that you are leaving

One year later and the fire's going strong
I don't know what I did and I don't know what went wrong
You tell me I have to wait until tomorrow
But I don't know if I can make it through today

*Chorus*

I don't know what you want from me it's something that I can not see
And everything you want from me is something I will never be
I don't know what you want from me it's something that I can not see
And everything they want from me is something I will never be

*Chorus*


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    this in my fav NBC song. I know NBC! Chico is crazy

    givvron May 26, 2002   Link
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    "I won't let it show What I'm really feeling now that you are leaving" i love this song... nbcs bad ass. standing all alone is another fave of mine.

    sixstringson May 27, 2002   Link
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    "You tell me I have to wait until tomorrow, But I don't know if I can make it through today."

    thats so .. deep. i dunno it means something to me for some reason. this is my favorite song by not by choice, out of em all cos they all rawk.

    spunkifiedon August 05, 2002   Link
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    Oh man, this song is so good. I used to listen to this after I split up with my ex, but then it just made me more sad, not really sure hy I did that... Anyway, brilliany, bouncy song, I love it.

    quiffpornon April 12, 2004   Link
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    This is the first song I heard from these guys, and it's wickedly amazing.

    suchaheroon June 26, 2006   Link

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