WHEN HISTORY LETS YOU GO
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All In All | I'll Be Around | Confess | Go | One More Time | For Corinne | In Between
Who I'll Be | Run A Little Faster | Strange | Step Back | California



All In All

I haven't been concerned with my destination for some time
Sometimes I get lost in the preparation
Sometimes I get lost without transformation
To wonder what's to happen in the meantime is pointless
Sometimes we lose track and we fall behind
Sometimes we lose track and start to rewind
Motion stops before it can begin
Motion stops to let somebody in

Every face that looked the same will look the same again
Every single place looks like every place youve been
Someone will distract you, while the world just stays the same
Someone who will change the rules and take you through this game
And in the end, you'll live for this trend

Seasons change but the years are just repeating, it's boring
Sometimes you can't tell if your heart's beating
Sometimes you can't tell if you're retreating
Believing eveything you hear in hopes that it'll change you
Sometimes I forget my mind's corroded
Sometimes I forget while it's reloaded
Motion stops before it can begin.
Motion stops to let somebody in

Every face that looked the same will look the same again
Every single place looks like every place you've been
Someone will distract you while the world just stays the same
Someone who will change the rules and take you through this game
And in the end, you'll live for this trend

We stop just in time, to see we were never moving
But all in all we don't mind
All in all we don't mind
No all in all we don't mind
Cause we aren't alone

Every face that looked the same will look the same again
Every single place looks like every place you've been

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I'll Be Around

You walked into my life, but you were taking three steps back
Away from the world you knew under attack
But before I could look twice, you caught me with your stare
I fell so hard it almost wasn't fair
So you're content alone, that way you won't miss out again
After all the things you've seen and where you've been
But with that little that you've shown, I'm captivated by the view
Believe me when I'm saying this to you

I'll be around when all the walls you've built have crumbled to the ground
I'll be around when all the love inside can finally come unbound
I'll be around whenever you need me, you'll never have to make a sound
I'll be around

It may not make much sense, but I can't explain it yet
I've been trying to ever since we met
Take me as you will, I can be the things you dream about
Or just someone to listen to you shout
And after all is said and done, what might come of this?
Relive the magic of a single kiss
And I hope you think of me, at least once in a while
Cause the best thing in my life is your smile

I'll be around when all the walls you've built have crumbled to the ground
I'll be around when all the love inside can finally come unbound
I'll be around whenever you need me, you'll never have to make a sound
I'll be around

And I don't know what you've been through to get you to this place
The only thing I know is what I see there in your face, and I know that
You deserve the best that any man could ever give
And now the love in side me lives

I'll be around when all the walls you've built have crumbled to the ground
I'll be around when all the love inside can finally come unbound
I'll be around whenever you need me, you'll never have to make a sound
I'll be around

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Confess

Did I hurt you? I wasn't trying
Did it turn you on to hiding?
Turn you into a bitter rival?
Let's chalk it up to our own survival
I'm the bad guy, I'm the villain
Well I am that guy by decision
I apologize, I'll keep my distance
Maybe that's why there's a difference between

A devil on your shoulder and an angel on your back

Judge me, I am wrong
Deny me any rights I have
You've judged me all along
denying things that we might have in common
It's not uncommon to judge yourself in everybody else

You know what I say, I say forget it
I know what you say, thanks for the credit
Now how should I pay for my actions
and what would you pay for one reaction
End of story, I'm convicted
But in your glory you're restricted
Your life is boring, no friends to turn to
Just keep ignoring how much it kill you, I'll take

This devil on my shoulder and let the angel take your back

Judge me, I am wrong
Deny me any rights I have
You've judged me all along
Denying things that we might have in common
It's not uncommon to judge yourself in everybody else

I've made my mistake but I've always confessed
Now your pride is worth more than just ending this mess
We aren't devils or angels we're just like the rest
I've made my mistakes, all I've done is confess

Judge me, I am wrong
Deny me any rights I have
You've judged me all along
Denying things that we might have in common
It's not uncommon to judge yourself in everybody else
To judge yourself in everybody else

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Go

Block after block, light after light
These people keep swimming the current I fight
Oh turn around, turn around
Oh turn around, turn around
Block after block, light after light
If people keep trimming the truth I might
Oh just turn around, turn around
Oh I'll turn around, turn around

Hey babe are ya there? It's me
Pick up for a sec, it's misery
I just wanted to hear your voice, pick up the phone
I've got an hour before I leave, so call me back
I guess we'll see
I just wanted to hear your voice before I go

Stop after stop, light after light
Nobody can say I held too tight
Oh I'm burden bound, I'm burden bound
Oh I'm burden bound, I'm burden bound
Stop after stop, light after light
If I keep running then you'll be right
Oh I'm burden bound, I'm burden bound
Oh I'm burden bound, I'm burden bound

Hey babe are ya there? It's me
Pick up for a sec, it's misery
I just wanted to hear your voice, pick up the phone
I've got an hour before I leave, so call me back
I guess we'll see
I just wanted to hear your voice before I go

Just go you said, and you slammed the door
Your rose colored passes won't fly anymore
Just go, just go

Hey babe are ya there? It's me
Pick up for a sec, it's misery
I just wanted to hear your voice, pick up the phone
I've got an hour before I leave, so call me back
I guess we'll see
I just wanted to hear your voice before I go

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One More Time

It's colder than I've felt before
I'm sorry for the chill
I'm older than I've felt before
But I still lack the skill
The ups and downs fight for middle ground in my head
This demonstration never will
Teach anyone a thing
This conversation never will
Let the words inside it ring
Here and there, there's a page that's bare instead

One more time, baby
Remember the feelings there in the beginning
One more time, maybe
The embers are glowing from a love that's still showing
One more time, one more time
One more time

The walls are closing in all around
So let me help you out
You're losing battles all around
I know what it's about
Up and away you dream of a day you'll escape

One more time, baby
Remember the feelings there in the beginning
One more time, maybe
The embers are glowing from a love that's still showing
One more time, one more time
One more time

I never let you go, I know you held on too
When life turned us sideways yeah we always knew
Just where we could go and now we'll be there soon
When life turned us sideways yeah we always knew

We'd have one more time baby
Remember the feelings there in the beginning
One more time, maybe
The embers are glowing from a love that's still showing
One more time, one more time
One more time

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For Corinne

Your favorite color was always blue
And mine was always red or black
And even though I loved your golden hue
It's faded now, and it won't come back
If I had your talents I'd paint the world
And if you had mine you'd write this song
Or maybe one about a boy and girl
Who fell in love, thinking nothing was wrong

We created a love with no seems and no cracks
And you illustrated while I gave it a soundtrack
And even now while it's becoming our past
We just can't seem
To make this meeting our last

Draw me a picture and I'll write you a letter
To remind us what we're fighting for
Anything to make everything better
And bring us back to where we were before
And now you tell me to tell you goodbye
Something I can't do to someone I love
But you look away whenever I try
So maybe this is it, when push comes to shove

We created a love with no seems and no cracks
And you illustrated while I gave it a soundtrack
And even now while it's becoming our past
We just cant seem
To make this meeting our last

We watched the sunset
We watched it rise
You watched me singing and I watched your eyes
You watched me living and I watched you try
To just keep on loving while I watched you die

Your favorite color was always blue
And mine was always red or black
And even though I loved your golden hue
It's faded now and it wont come back

We created a love with no seems and no cracks
And you illustrated while I gave it a soundtrack
And even now while it's becoming our past
We just can't seem
No we just can't seem
We just can't seem
To make this meeting our last

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In Between

The sun sets down behind the skyline
And marks the clouds with golden highlights
The time has passed to start again
So I'll stumble through, until I'm on my feet
One letdown, surprised his eyes lied
A trusting face just has one downside
It looks the same on foe or friend
So stumble through, until you find my street

I'm not your first, and you aren't my last
But we can't have a future, without a couple of pasts
There's something neither of us has seen
Somewhere in between you and me
Somewhere in between

The lights too bright, the night just ending
How long will we go on pretending
That we dont want to stay right here
Let's suffer through, another round of sleep
I'll back you up if you stop sending
Innocent looks while I'm here bending
Every rule we made ourselves
Let's suffer through the promises we keep

I'm not your first, and you aren't my last
But we can't have a future, without a couple of pasts
There's something neither of us has seen
Somewhere in between you and me
Somewhere in between

I'll wait for you, to wait for me
A song for two, a song to be
I'll wait for you so wait for me
A song for two, a song to be free

I'm not your first, and you aren't my last
But we can't have a future, without a couple of pasts
There's something neither of us has seen
Somewhere in between you and me
Somewhere in between

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Who I'll Be

Take a look at me, tell me what you see
Tell me who I'll be
Will you confide in me, take a side with me
Will I ever leave?
Knock me off my feet, will I claim defeat?
What would you believe?
WIll my vanity mask my humanity?
Will my heart stay free? Tell me what you see

Tell me who I'll be
Tell me who I'll be
Will I rise or fall? Will you care at all?
Show me the life I'll lead
Tell me who I'll be

How long will it take, just for me to make
Sure this was no mistake?
Is it just too late to believe in fate
How long can you wait?
Maybe when you wake, I can try to shake
Anything that feels fake
What price do I pay, when every word you say
Takes my breath away?
Is it just too late?

Tell me who I'll be
Tell me who I'll be
Will I rise or fall? Will you care at all?
Show me the life I'll lead
Tell me who I'll be

And once the future comes around, will I still hear the sound
Of the music I played in my past?
Will I stay on the ground or retreat to the clouds?
Will you still be there holding my hand?

Tell me who I'll be

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Run A Little Faster

You're making such a big deal out of this
You'd think it was worth its weight in gold
I thought it was worth a short wait in the cold
What's left of this burns, so I can stay warm
They'll start to applaud once you unclench your fists
You'd think such a show would be over by now
Thought you'd have no trouble winning the crowd
What's left of this won't be saved by your charm

Did you think that I wouldn't see this coming?
Safe bets don't exist
I guess I thought that maybe you were running
From the girl I see now

But she caught up with you, and you got caught and now
What you oughtta do, well here's a thought, next time
Run a little faster

I doubt there was time for second thoughts
The coffee is cold but the air is hot
The kitchen is clean but the bedroom is not
Did you think it was smart to bring him back here?
I wish I could say that a lesson was taught
But you won't learn and no you won't see
That wasting away is the last way to be
Let's see which one of us will just disappear

Did you think that I wouldn't see this coming?
Safe bets don't exist
I guess I thought that maybe you were running
From the girl I see now

But she caught up with you, and you got caught and now
What you oughtta do, well here's a thought, next time
Run a little faster

I gave you one chance, more than you deserved
I reserve the right to lose my last nerve
You can swerve all you like but that's one scary curve

Looks like you might have to crash

Run a little faster
Run a little faster
Run a little faster
Run a little faster

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Strange

A face to forget, a name I couldn't place
No trace of regret caught up in her gaze
I love when mystery takes a form like that
Someone so close, defense comes undone
Send in the ghosts to dig up what you've shunned
I love when answers just come to you like that

Strange how this stranger knows not to know me
A glance, a dance, a look inside
Strange how this stranger has something to show me
A chance, a trance, a look, goodbye
I feel fine, how strange

Fear spins around, flees from the scene
Rushed by the sound when my heart starts to beat
I love when history lets you go like that
A light in the dark, saved for tonight
Everyone starts to give up the fight
I love when shadows just disappear like that

Strange how this stranger knows not to know me
A glance, a dance, a look inside
Strange how this stranger has something to show me
A chance, a trance, a look, goodbye
I feel fine, how strange

Watching her go I finally took a breath
Lost in the meaning I'm sure she never meant
Will I take her or leave her or
Take her hand and leave
Outside I'm transparent, inside I'm relieved

I love when answers just come to you like that

Strange how this stranger knows not to know me
A glance, a dance, a look inside
Strange how this stranger has something to show me
A chance, a trance, a look, goodbye
I feel fine, how strange

Strange

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Step Back

Who am I to say what is right here?
Shed some light here on me
Who threw away these desires?
Who's the liar? Well we'll see

Take a step back, take back the clueless
Act in fact it's not that, you're ruthless
It takes a real pro, a real champ to do this
Take a step back, just back right through this

His problem now, I see smoke
Starts to choke, but I'm fine
Better somehow, him than me
Makes you happy, well goodbye

Take a step back, take back the clueless
Act in fact it's not that, you're ruthless
It takes a real pro, a real champ to do this
Take a step back, just back right through this

Don't waste your time on me
I think it's time you see
The best thing for you to be
Is just away from me

Take a step back, take back the clueless
Act in fact it's not that, you're ruthless
It takes a real pro, a real champ to do this
Take a step back, just back right through this

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California

East coast morning, the sun is like a memory
It's glaring but it lends no heat to me
I'm wearing what I tend to on my sleeve
Wide open but there's hardly room to breathe
This is my warning, no one's listening anyway
I'm bearing with the thought of one more day
While swearing that nothing can make me stay
I'm open to ideas but not debate

And how far can I get before I'm in over my head?
California
How far can I get before I remember what you said?
California
I want to know what's behind us, wasn't just for fun
I wanna end when the day does, set down with the sun
California

I'll feel better once I'm sure I was never last
I'm shining up the barrel of my past
Not caring that it all went by so fast
Case closed, I'm just waiting for the blast
I'll write you a letter once I find a place to rest
I'm daring you to give me one more test
It's scaring you to wish me all the best
Doors closed and I must say I'm impressed

And how far can I get before I'm in over my head?
California
How far can I get before I remember what you said?
California
I want to know what's behind us, wasn't just for fun
I wanna end when the day does, set down with the sun
California

And how far can I get before I'm in over my head?
California
How far can I get before I remember what you said?
California
I want to know what's behind us, wasn't just for fun
I wanna end when the day does, set down with the sun
California

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