Why don't you understand that I'm over your spell
Why don't you recognize I've come out of my shell
Why don't you light a flame which burns with command
Cuz you don't, why don't you understand

Why don't you understand that I've figured it out
There was a time you knew what I was all about
But you don't really think I'll keep holding your hand
When you don't, why don't you understand Cuz it's my life too and I'm losing to you
All the things that I've said just went over your head
They fell to the ground, came crashing around
All the world that I've known in this garden you have grown

Why don't you understand that you're losing face
And all the thrill has gone out of your little chase
I don't care anymore about things that we planned
Cuz you don't, why don't you understand

Cuz it's my life too and I'm losing to you
All the things that I've said just went over your head
They fell to the ground, came crashing around
All the world that I've known in this garden you have grown

Petals keep falling, they're surrounding and sprawling
Through a world I just don't recognize
In this garden you've kept us while I've slowly lost all trust
In the promise once seen in your eyes

Cuz it's my life too and I'm losing to you
All the things that I've said, went over your head
They fell to the ground, all crashing around
All the world that I've known in this garden you have grown
In this garden you have grown
In this garden you have grown

If you're scared don't be scared when I'm gone
Don't be afraid to turn off the lights when you leave me
If you're scared then I'm always around
As your angel I'll sing your prayer when you need me

Pa ra ra lah...

If you're scared then it won't be too long til you're feeling
My prayer surrounding your body
If you're scared you just sing me this song and believe
In your strength to move on without me

Pa ra ra lah...

Stop your dreaming
Here's a breath you can take while you're waking
Here's a kind word to stop your knees quaking for good
Don't feel so misunderstood
Just close your eyes and hold me tight

Cuz we're alright, just barely shaking
You tell me you're fine, but I see you're breaking

Get through the night, I promise you now
We'll find a way to make it somehow
We'll find the way to make somehow

Stop your fearing
Here's a joke just to take you from tearing
Here's a page to remind you of plans you have made
Before you let them fade
Not too late to turn it all around

Cuz we're alright, just barely shaking
You tell me you're fine, but I see you're breaking
Just get through the night I promise you now
We'll find a way to make it somehow
We'll find the way to make it somehow

Here is my coat to wear when it pours
But that's just a passing storm to ignore
Just when you think you can't take it
Hold on one moment more

Cuz we're alright, just barely shaking
You tell me you're fine but I see you're breaking
Just get through the night, I promise you now
We'll find a way to make it somehow
We'll find the way to make it somehow

Dog ate my project and I missed the bus
Ten minutes late but my boss will fuss
I'm running thin on all my luck
Except for you

Lunchtime comes and goes at the speed of light
I'm gonna have to work late tonight
I'm starting to feel like nothing's right
Except for you

You, take the time, to change my mind
The way you do
And it ain't fair, it ain't fair, to tear myself
Away from you
When I just wanna be with you,
I just wanna be with you

My best friend borrowed my red dress and spilled her drink
I found a clog in my kitchen sink
Just when I'm starting to get down I think
About you

I pull the covers up and I tuck in my sheet
I pull some wool socks over my freezing feet
Forgot to pay the bill so I have no heat
But I have you

You take the time, to change my mind
The way you do
And it ain't fair, it ain't fair to tear myself away from you

You take the time, to change my mind
The way you do
It ain't fair, it ain't fair, to tear myself away from you
When I just wanna be with you
Just wanna be with you
Just wanna be with you
Just wanna be with you

I'm tired of superstition, a temporary choice
Afraid of my condition speaks this a silent voice
I'm tired of walking softly, to avoid a sin
But I have run in circles to find that crash within

So why don't you say anything, anything at all
Too afraid to say, anything, straight faced through it all

When circumstance is binding then fate will lead to doubt
Of the endless quest for finding what my faith is all about
And paths are only crossroads to the next degree
Where steps must be imprinted before I stand,
Where I long to be

So why don't you say anything, anything at all
Too afraid to say anything, straight faced through it all

I have walked in evolutions
That strive to reach past this
But circles don't unravel to the life
That I've so missed,
That I've so missed

So superstitions bind me concretely to my place
Until I can stop searching for the answers in your face

So why don't you say anything, anything at all
Too afraid to say anything, straight faced through it all

You only like using your full name
Those common nicknames aren't your style
I only picture you in t-shirts
That white one always did bring out your smile

You only like reading new fiction
And reading me your long poems on the phone
Maybe that night was really something
And maybe I thought it would have grown

But baby, what are you doing to me
You always seem off track
You say you're drifting alone in your sea
And I can't swim to bring you back

You only wear your hat in buildings
The sun never did get in your eyes
But they always seemed to dart off sideways
I guess you still had trouble with you lies

I never minded much about them,
Everyone has faults that reappear
But I always told myself you're changing
And I still tell myself you were sincere

But baby, what are you doing to me
You always seem off track
You say you're drifting alone in your sea
And I can't swim to bring you back

I have tried to chart a coarse to bring you back to shore
But you just find yourself floating away, as your will recedes
There's hardly any strength left in me now to pull you in
To fight for all that won't be right if I succeed
So leave

But baby, what are you doing to me
You always seem off track
You say you're drifting alone in your sea
And I can't swim to bring you back

Baby what are you doing to me
You always seem off track
You say you're drifting alone in your sea
And I can't swim to bring you back

Dare you to come 'round my door once more
You know baby that we're through for sure
And if I see you 'round here anymore
You better run

I've been cleaning out my no good past
And prob'ly you ain't gonna be the last
But if I see you here you best be fast
You better run

Cuz one more chance is not in me
Two times now you've made me see
And this one's three, for you, but not for me
For me we're done

One more try is just a waste
Two times now you've been replaced
And this one's three, the man who's in your place
Will see that you run

So run run run

Dare you to come 'round these parts sometime
Don't even bother getting back in my line
And if you still don't get it, you're behind
You better run

I've been making all sorts of plans
But they require me just one good man
And let's face it, you just ain't that man
You better run

Cuz one more chance is not in me
Two times now you've made me see
And this one's three for you, but not for me
For me we're done

One more try is just a waste
Two times now you've been replaced
And this one's three, the man who's in your place
Will see that you run

So run run run....

He walks through the door and sits with a sigh
And I offer my hand just to show we'll get by
But he's scared and he's weak and I know that he's watching it end

Nothing to say, nothing to prove when the door has been shut
And the window's unused and it all seems to break
Without even a fair chance to bend

When do you trust, when do you know, when do you love
Why do you trust, why do you know, why do you love
What do you trust, what do you know, what do you love
Maybe it's love
So who do you trust, who do you know, who do you love?

She smiles extra wide when a stranger is near
And she laughs all the time to be sure that they hear
But I've noticed the speed that the sunlight abandons her face

Nothing to say, nothing to prove when the key begs the lock,
But the lock just refuses, so maybe there's more than one way
To get out of this place

So when do you trust, when do you know, when do you love
Why do you trust, why do you know, why do you love
What do you trust, what do you know, what do you love
Maybe it's love
So who do you trust, who do you know, who do you love?

You cannot find one good reason, keeping this way for so long
It's been cold here every season,
You must be doing love all wrong

I walk through the door and I sit with this stranger
He offers his hand and I smile just as quick as I can
But I'm scared it's over before it began

Something to say now, something to prove to myself
Will I change, will I really improve
If I honestly answer these questions then maybe I can

So when do you trust, when do you know, when do you love
Why do you trust, why do you know, why do you love
What do you trust, what do you know, what do you love
Maybe it's love
So who do you trust, who do you know, who do you love?

Say goodnight without a kiss
And turn away before you miss
What might have been if only you had felt like this

Don't try to take my hand in yours
My heart cannot love you more
Than how it's always, always loved you before

If only I could dare myself to look into your eyes
I know that sensibility would soon defeat the wise
But then again you'll see, just how much you mean to me
So I must turn away from you and me

Say goodnight without a kiss
And turn away before you miss
What might have been if only you had felt like this

If only you had felt like this

Angie left town, caught the last train
Damned if her past and her future's the same
Tommy sat down, chase her he won't
Cuz he's damned if he do, and he's damned if he don't

Don't make her promises, don't make her no promises
Seems like that's all he knows anymore
He's making her promises, but she don't want promises
There's nothing left of those anymore

Billy came home, thought leavin' might change
But she's waiting alone with no more than the same
Jeannie don't turn away from her flask
She's too shamed to tell, and too proud to ask

Don't make him promises, don't make him no promises
Seems like that's all she knows anymore
She's making him promises, but he don't want promises
There's nothing left of those anymore

Once again it's all pretend
All your lyin' words are spent
And when you appear just as before and you are walkin'
Out that door you'll promise once again

Again, oh, mmmm

Don't make me no promises, don't you make me no promises
Seems like that's all you know anymore
You're making me promises, don't make me no promises
There's nothing left of those anymore

Don't you walk out of that door again
Don't walk out anymore

My blue balloon
Just flies ahead of me
I try to take it down
But it just moves away

My favorite room
Is where I sit alone
Resolve to call my friends
But hope they're out at play

Please
I've never been like this before
Never been one to implore
Never expected appease

Please
You're falling this girl to her knees
Please, please

Wake up at noon
Then try to sleep some more
While everyone has left
For life hours before

I force a spoon
Of sugar in my tea
But every sip is starting
To feel like a chore

Please
I've never been like this before
Never been one to implore
Never expected appease

Please
You're falling this girl to her knees
Please, please

Your photo's still crooked up
In that old frame
I passed by the store where
The mentioned your name
I still live in our town in our house
But nothing's the same

Please
I've never been like this before
Never been one to implore
Never expected appease

Please
You're falling this girl to her knees
Please, please

Your brown eyes are the reason why I'm still in this town
In certain light your hair looks more red than it does brown
Baby, believe me, I would not have stayed,
But you got in my way
Of moving on

When you're there like you say you are
I don't know why, I don't know why I love you
When you're there like you say you are
Somehow I know that you must still love me too
Say you do

Your hands remind me of the days you used to hold me
I let my hair down that first time you did console me
Baby, believe me, I should not have stayed,
But you get in my way
Of moving on

When you're there like you say you are
I don't know why, I don't know why I love you
When you're there like you say you are
Somehow I know that you must still love me too
Say you do

She bends her will up to my ear
So softly I can hardly hear
Then suddenly it's not unclear
That she intends to play

She plays it high, she plays it low
She plays it cool refined and slow
The way the old musicians know
The truth in what they say

You're not too old to cry
Not too young to be sad
Not too poor to be rich
Not too good to be bad

Not too scared to be brave
Not too right to be wrong
Not too foolish to fool
Not too weak to be strong

Nor too lost to find where you belong

I've always found it hard to comprehend
The meaning of a friend
Intentions always seem to bend beneath
The weight of truth

But somehow I allow myself to take
These words up from her shelf
Collected wisely over time
Much longer than my youth

You're not too old to cry
Not too young to be sad
Not too poor to be rich
Not too good to be bad

Not too scared to be brave
Not too right to be wrong
Not too foolish to fool
Not too weak to be strong

Nor too lost to find where you belong

So come down, on my soul
If I'm right I must go, let me go
Come down, get in my way
But if I'm wrong I will stay
Will compose the questions in my mind
Line them up by place, by time
And still she'll say

You're not too old to cry
Not too young to be sad
Not too poor to be rich
Not too good to be bad

Not too scared to be brave
Not too right to be wrong
Not too foolish to fool
Not too weak to be strong

Nothing's really what apprears
So I'm compelled to wipe these tears
And maybe trust in coming years
I'll find where I belong

I've met someone, someone who adores me
Someone who cares deeply, just despite himself
I've met someone, someone who implores me
To take this forlorn feeling back off the dusty shelf

I've met someone, someone who will love me
Someone who can't stand that he's met his match
I've met someone, someone who's scared helpless
Of the friend to which he didn't plan to grow attached

He cannot deny it, much as he'll imply it
With every single time he tries to let me down
I just see right through it, as though I always knew it
That I would meet someone who'd take his time to come around

I've met someone, someone who can't stand it
Someone who believes in what he's up against
I've met someone, someone who has landed
Before me in some absolutely splendid happenstance

I've met someone, someone who is charming
Though every time he is, he tries to take it back
I've met someone, someone who's disarming
When he most pretends to be off the right track

He cannot deny it, much as he'll imply it
With every single time he tries to let me down
I just see right through it, as though I always knew it
That I would meet someone who'd take his time to come around

I've met someone, someone who is trying
Someone who wants me there, to hold him through the night
I've met someone, someone who is lying
When he says he's tired and is giving up the fight

I've met someone, someone who's thinking of me
Someone who at this moment, is picturing my face
I've met someone, someone who's been growing, showing
All his good intentions, when betrayed by his embrace

He cannot deny it, much as he'll imply it
With every single time he tries to let me down
I just see right through it, as though I always knew it
That I would meet someone who'd take his time to come around.

I won't pretend I'm glad
Still wish it didn't hurt this bad
Hear me whispering your name
See me then regretting it the same

I'll try to pretend I'm fine
Just wish we never crossed that line
Hear your footsteps in the stairs
See your shadow everywhere

Can you hear me thinking of you
Can you hear me thinking of me
In your arms as though nothing were wrong
As though nothing could ever come between

Can you see me trying hard to smile
Can you see me still deep in denial
Watch to see if you'll come by
Maybe for another try

Maybe for another try

I won't pretend I won
Wish this awful game was done
Hear me asking all my friends
If they thought this was the end

I won't make it hard on you
Walk away if you want to
Watch me kneel as if to pray
But really I'm begging you to stay

Can you hear me thinking of you
Can you hear me thinking of me
In your arms as though nothing were wrong
Now I just take comfort in this song

Can you see me trying hard to smile
Can you see me still deep in denial
Watch to see if you'll come by
Maybe for another try

Maybe for another try
Either way, I'm sure that I'll get by
Either way, I'm sure that I'll get by
Either way, I'm sure that I'll get by
Either way, I'm sure that I'll get by

No, sorry, I can't tell you my name
You won't see me no more after today
No point in moving on to the truth
Or sharing lies of our youth
Unless we can say we

Feel like letting go of every
Little string that holds us back from living as we would
Feel like letting go of every
Ounce of pride that let's us hide from loving as we could

No, sorry, not prepared for goodbyes
But regret's not too hard to recognize
No point in wishing for heavy change
We cannot rearrange what we know to be wise
Unless we

Feel like letting go of every
Little string that holds us back from living as we would
Feel like letting go of every
Ounce of pride that let's us hide from loving as we could

No, sorry, I'll pretend to be brave
Can't afford now to cave while you're standing here
No, please don't try to reason a way
Or begin to delay what will just disappear
Unless we

Feel like letting go of every
Little string that holds us back from living as we would
Feel like letting go of every
Ounce of pride that let's us hide from loving as we could

We could...

Giving you up was hard enough
Then you come back and ask why I'm so rough
I'm just amazed that you assumed
With all this time I'd still have room, for you

Then you come back when I can't love you anymore
Anymore
You come back when I can't love you anymore

Didn't you think, I might move on
Without your love so close I had to run
I'll run from you this time again
Cuz I can't take you now, as I am

You come back when I can't love you anymore
Anymore
You come back when I can't love you anymore

Just hold me, kiss me, love me one more time
Let me go now before I start to think you're mine
One more time

Maybe you tried, as you say,
To return to me before today
I couldn't love you anymore then I did while I was
Waiting for you

Then you come back when I can't love you anymore
Anymore
You come back when I can't love you anymore

Look, look at me across the room
I have been waiting so long, been so patient
For you to bloom

Though, it's not just the things that you say
Somehow you surround me with all that I've wished for
And I'm swept away

But I don't know why, you don't know how
I'm still hoping one day you might give it a try
Then we can fly, then we can fly, then we can fly

Time carries me on like a wave,
I'll sail with the tide and say nothing until it is
Me you crave

Now's another missed chance to collect
I've tried putting chances together, but somehow
They don't connect

And I, I don't know why, you don't know how
I'm still hoping one day you might give it a try
Then we can fly, then we can fly, then we can fly

I've wished for moments to stop as they pass
I never could seem to make those moments last
But I just can't part with the wings I have carried this far

Hope, no reason to doubt it just yet
But God knows I'm trying to live like I want to
And just forget...you...

But I, I don't know why, you don't know how
I'm still hoping one day you might give it a try
Then we can fly, then we can fly, then we can fly

Once again my story's real and I appeal
For the sake of discussion
And who had granted you the law to judge my flaw
And send my core rushing

Because you can't forget
Because you can't resent
Because you can't prevent
The night fall

There is no other way
When night has taken prey
And nothing's left of day
Within the night fall

And when the night falls
Don't let it fall on you

Once again the darkness creeps and in it seeps
The unsurpassed division
And who had granted you the right to call this night on me
The victim of it's decision

Because you can't forget
Because you can't resent
Because you can't prevent
The night fall

There is no other way
When night has taken prey
And nothing's left of day
Within the night fall

And when the night falls
Don't let it fall on you

Once again I cannot see
What's clear to me when night isn't reigning
But the hour's growing late and with this fate
The game imposes playing

Because you can't forget
Because you can't resent
Because you can't prevent
The night fall

There is no other way
When night has taken prey
And nothing's left of day
Within the night fall

And when the night falls
Don't let it fall on you

He won't forget my name
Remember me just the same
And I won't reason my way out of us

Maybe time will erase
Small details of his face
I have more memories I can trust

I must leave, I must leave I can't stay
He can't let, he can't let me go away
I get lost, I get lost when I roam
But he'll find me and bring me back home

I glued my shoes down to time
Forgotten some dreams are sublime
And I need to dream from a different view

He cannot recognize
The consequence of my sighs
And I just needed a moment or two

I must leave, I must leave, I can't stay
He can't let, he can't let me go away
I get lost, I get lost when I roam
But he'll find me and bring me back home

I must leave, I must leave I can't stay
He can't let, he can't let me go away
I get lost, I get lost when I roam
But he'll find me and bring me back home

Whisper over me, I don't care what it is you'll say
There are far too many wrong intentions in the way
Time is about moving and improving what will be
And I won't let a whisper in the dark reign over me

And I won't let myself at all be any victim to your crimes
There are too many come before me that have seen much darker times
With mountain left behind come a much smaller hill to climb
So when I reach my finest hour I will shine

There are many people in this world that simply can't agree
It hurts a good resolve when what you get's not what you see
Whisper over me but I won't whisper over you
The time to make a change has been severly overdue

And I won't let myself at all be any victim to your crimes
There are too many come before me that have seen much darker times
With mountain left behind come a much smaller hill to climb
So when I reach my finest hour I will shine

So it's come to this, changing will take time
Time which we all waste becomes the highest crime
I cannot sit back, gotta make it right
The past may be our darkest hour, the future can be bright

Cuz I won't let myself at all be any victim to your crimes
There are too many come before me that have seen much darker times
With mountain left behind come a much smaller hill to climb
So when I reach my finest hour I will shine

The bottom fell out but I picked it off the floor
I glued it back and hammered it, it won't fall anymore
And Annie says a spinning coin may fall to either side
Whichever way it lands I now know somehow I'll get by

My freedom to live freely is hanging on that door
Can just put on my coat and walk til I can't walk no more
I've tried so hard to make this square peg fit into the round
But when I stop pretending, I stop letting myself down

Come to me, come to me, come to me answer I need
There's a fork in the road here, gotta pick up some speed
Come to me, come to me, come to me now,
It's coming to focus, what I'll do somehow
Holding on tight to the hope that my heart, it will lead

Dylan says you gotta do what you want everyday
Success is he who finally lives his own life his own way
And now's the time I gotta choose which way I'm gonna face
Been following that safe choice and it's long since lost its taste

Been planning things so long that I could write a book
Maybe now's the time to take that coat up off the hook
I've been feeling restless, feeling hopeful, feeling free
Putting plans together, finally resonate of me

Come to me, come to me, come to me answer I need
There's a fork in the road here, gotta pick up some speed
Come to me, come to me, come to me now,
It's coming to focus, what I'll do somehow
Holding on tight to the hope that my heart, it will lead

Come to me, come to me, come to me answer I need
There's a fork in the road here, gotta pick up some speed
Come to me, come to me, come to me now,
It's coming to focus, what I'll do somehow
Holding on tight to the hope that my heart, it will lead

You have an angry star
Circling your heart
That you're still bent on following around

With my own memories hinged
Still somewhat onto him
I thought that we could find some common ground

But I can see it in your face
I can hear it in your voice
I can feel it in your touch
We're nearly done

I can see it in your hands
On the keys, so black and white
Even when I close my eyes
You're still on the run...

She, never really left
And you can find her still
You know where to look and where to go

Me, well I left him behind
Never saw the point
Of going back to broken, that I know

But I can see it in your face
I can hear it in your voice
I can feel it in your touch
We're nearly done

I can see it in your hands
On the keys, so black and white
Even when I close my eyes
You're still on the run

And you'll watch me leave, I'll close the door,
you'd rather be with your own pain

I'd sooner go than stay and watch you
throw it all away again

I could see it in your face
I could hear it in your voice
I could feel it in your touch
We'd never begun

I could see it in your hands
On the keys, so black and white
Even when I closed my eyes
You were still on the run

You're still on the run

If you think I'm the one you must wait
If you think I'm the one you must play
Whisper promises, circle your charms around me

If I think you're the one I won't say
It's a game that you really should play
I'll just show you the ways that I don't disagree

But you'll see that

Honey, tango's good when it is only just the two of us
But sometimes I prefer the simple beauty of a solo waltz
You must confess that it's a mess you'll always find compelling to arrange

Or else

Darling, I'll dance circles 'round your chair amid the evening sun
And when you're tiring I will find that I have only just begun
You must be certain you want taking on a spirit that will never change

Isn't love strange?

If you think I'm the one you must know
Must be willing to put on a show
I'm a starlet who'll shine in a master's spotlight

If I think you're the one you will know
When I finally decide not to go
You'll have won me, but now better sharpen your fight

That's right

Honey, tango's good when it is only just the two of us
But sometimes I prefer the simple beauty of a solo waltz
You must confess that it's a mess you'll always find compelling to arrange

Or else

Darling I'll dance circles round your chair amid the evening sun
And when you're tiring I will find that I have only just begun
You must be certain you want taking on a spirit that will never change

Isn't love strange?

I don't need you to tell me I'm pretty
Don't need you to tell me I'm right
I need you to look at this city
And tell me I'll make it tonight

I don't want you to act like a baby
Don't want you to miss one more chance
I want you to live up to dreaming
So big, so just stick to your plans

Sorry I said those mean things in the mirror
I didn't know how to make it much clearer
I'm trying to say that I pray
You're the girl of my dreams

I can't have you doubting your reason
Can't have you telling me lies
I need you to stop your self-treason
And let my bird fly where she flies

I won't ask you to push yourself farther
Won't ask you to do what you can't
But I know you grow when its harder
You always find new roots to plant

Sorry I said those mean things in the mirror
I didn't know how to make it much clearer
I'm trying to say that I pray
You're the girl of my dreams

You're already there, you're already there,
You're already there
You've had lesser dreams, but they don't compare,
You're already there

I will tell you now and again
Will surround you with all of my might
And I promise I'll be your friend this time
So let's go put up a fight

Sorry I said those mean things in the mirror
I didn't know how to make it much clearer
I'm trying to say that I pray you're the girl...
I'm trying to show you I know you're the girl...

I want you to see you can be the girl of my dreams

Until I can laugh
So hard that I cry
Until I stop asking myself why

Until I can know
That this is all real
And somehow it's not that big a deal

Til then I'll just
Breathe breathe breathe
When I hear them talking
Breathe breathe breathe
While my feet are walking away
Breathe breathe breathe
When I need a moment and I
Don't know what to say
I'll just breathe

Until I can pass
You by on the street
Until I stop hoping we won't meet

Until I can smile
And mean what I say
Until I don't wanna run away

Til then I'll just
Breathe breathe breathe
When I hear them talking
Breathe breathe breathe
While my feet are walking away
Breathe breathe breathe
When I need a moment and I
Don't know what to say
I'll just breathe

I don't know how to get you off my mind right now
I don't know why I still can't learn to say goodbye
One foot forward and then
Catch my breath again

Until I can be
Over it all
Dust myself off if I should fall

Until I can love
Again and again
Stop asking myself how, why and when

Til then I'll just
Breathe breathe breathe
When I hear them talking
Breathe breathe breathe
While my feet are walking away
Breathe breathe breathe
When I need a moment and I
Don't know what to say
I think I'll just breathe