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well I'm going to start treating my past
with the utter disregard my past has shown to me
and i'm going to start treating you like you have always mistreated me
you have always mistreated me
why do I put myself in these terrible situations?
i'm in a terrible situation
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if i wanted to tell you something, could i say it to your face?
or would i have to walk in circles until i came to a brand new place?
the truth is, i think we're just growing farther and farther apart
and to be completely honest, that's exactly what you want
well if you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all
i want you to be happy, but it's just not worth the trouble
i'm not going to beg, because I know you're not willing to change
this is a two way street that I travel alone, and i'm driving the wrong way
well if i wanted to tell you something, could i say it to your face?
or would I have to make up words you've never heard to get my way?
the truth is, i think we're just growing farther and farther apart
and to be completely honest, that's exactly what I want
i am starting to regret you
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well i've got nothing to say anymore
i threw my white flag on your unforgiving floor
the windows frosted over…i found you in my tree
painting colours on my porch and sweeping me off my feet
well the sun won't shine the same way now that you're not here
and i can't keep counting days until i pull out of the air
i try so hard and i fall apart
i swore i'd never fall in love
your hand in mine, i waited in line
to tell you that i loved you, but i was just another distraction
to keep your mind from going places you never though it would
oh, this hurts like hell and i do not feel well
why can't i just be happy?
when everyone around me is falling in love, i am just falling apart
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Tangled Up in You
04:11
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I've got a habit of getting nostalgic for things i never had
and these conversations are like tornado's leaving wreckage in their path
now i'm left here with a broken piece of something that never existed
where does that leave you?
now what the problem is, i think i'm losing it
i could count the days i've known you on my right hand
but i can't get you out of my head
this force-fed silence is enough to drive me over the edge
because everyone in this world gets you but me
it's just a piece of it, but i think i'm tangled up in you
and i can't get free
it's unrealistic, but i'd die to have a piece of you
but i'm just not what you need
i've got a problem with getting nervous around people that i barely know
but you seem to bring out the best in me
this force fed distance is fueled by more than miles
we're ablaze with all the things you never say to me
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i found colour on the highway
i plucked it from the grass and brought it home to watch it grow
to watch it die, just so i'd know i'm still alive
and i found colour in the backyard
i watched the seasons change and tell the world where it should go
"oh, the things you never know when you're alive"
so carry me away from here
i need something else to calm my fears
the world is spinning way too fast
where was i when all this added up to me?
i swore i'd never change
and i still feel the same
i am older than i once was, and even though the years are at my back
i felt wiser when i thought the world was flat
i found you in a fortress you built around yourself
to see would come and try to break it down to get you out
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[Interruption]
03:00
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there are some things that you should be aware of
if you don't already know…
i'm not sure it's fair you come to me
when you've got no where to go
"well maybe i'm just one of your vices
maybe you're one of mine"
either way, you've got to move along now
because i'm not waiting in line
if i could break your heart, i would
but i'm not sure you've got any left
you gave it away to anyone that asked
and now you're settling for second best
there are some things that you should be aware of
if you don't already know…
i'm not sure it's fair you come to me
when you feel ugly and alone
"well maybe i'm just one of your vices
maybe you're one of mine"
either way, you've got to move along now
because i'm not waiting in line
I know what you want to hear
but i'm not going to say it
I wish I could break your heart
because you tear me all apart
and you don't care anymore
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8. |
Such a Beautiful Mess
03:15
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steady feet don't fail me now
keep moving while you still can get out
if she's a flood, then i'm drowning day by day
i can't compete with mountain air and snow capped trees
she has her mind made up
the north is calling her name
i'm burning.
i'm hurting.
all that i was all about is all that i can live without
i'm sinking.
i'm sinking.
i'm finding out that i am not alive like i once was
i'm just a shell of someone else
"the time it takes..."
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Let Love Surround You
04:53
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it was a cool october day as i remember
the rain washed away the leaves from last september
you said "who's going to keep you safe when i'm gone?
you know love just goes to waste unless you give it all"
be strong. be strong.
i know what this means, but i'm not sure i can take it
because i'm just not strong enough, even if i fake it
don't leave me here because this world is a lonely place
and i need something like you to keep the smile on my face
be strong. be strong.
i tell myself. i tell myself.
be strong. be strong.
i tell myself. i tell myself.
i said "i don't know what i'm going to do, this just feels wrong"
you said "live life while you can, and then move on…
the one thing i have learned is love the ones around you.
you don't when you're leaving, so let love surround you"
let love surround you. let love surround you. let love surround you.
let love surround you. let love surround you. let love surround you.
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sometimes i wish i just didn't know
because clarity is stunting my growth
you had me at hello every time
and that kept me up at night
sometimes i wish i just couldn't feel
then none of this would ever be real
i could live with the illusion you loved me
just for loving you back
and all at once, you disappear
and all at once, my wounds won't heal
sometimes i wish that we'd never met
because then i'd get you out of my head
and i don't even know yet if i want it
but i know want you
it's been years and i still love you
it's been years and you still me
it's been years and i think i'm still bent on the fact
we were made for each other
sometimes i just didn't
"it would be better that way"
or so they say
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i think i'm coming down with something
or something is coming down with me
i have become a plague and i swear upon my father's grave
i'm going to take this world by storm
i am reduced. i am reduced.
i need to see the air beneath my wings
otherwise, i'll never know it's there
this needs to be the end of all of me
because i can't just keep acting like i care
take me away
would you take me away?
take me away. take me away.
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