BRAND NEW - 12.05.2003 !! New pressing 12.11.2003 -- new recording, new mix, + slightly revised lyrics!! Enjoy. :)

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"Do you have to be depressed to write a sad song? Do you have to be in love to write a love song?" ...Well, seems I am and have done both.

This is the second version I recorded, which I feel is much better than the first..especially the ending. As always, if you have any feedback please pass it on. Thanks.

and for the first time in a while i find it hard not to frown
the settled look of despair keeps creeping around
i've tried as hard as i could i've done all that i can
i look into your tired mind hoping i would understand
the green light came on, but this time it meant "stop"
but i didnt adhere, and i didnt back off
and my bouquet of love unleashed a fire anew
of unsuppressed feelings of a love gone askew

just look at where we are, love, just look at us now
emotions so strong sometimes i don't
i don't even know how
to love you the right way instead of holding you back
i'm still waiting to see you .. the real you that i lack.

i could capture eternity (capture eternity) with every smile you flash me
but i bask in their moments instead. (bask in the moments instead, yeah the moment.)

the helpless tears cry out for your kiss
to come quick and dry them, and relieve them of this
in this uncertain concourse of doubt and belief
where one road leads to salvation, the other to grief
it's a choice full of trust and with hands firmly held
we will go there together, our demons expelled
we will learn to fly by jumping off of each other's backs
and soar into the other's arms, never to go back. (into your wide open arms...)

just look at where we are, love, just look at us now
emotions so strong sometimes i don't
i don't even know how
to love you the right way
instead of holding you back
i'm still waiting to see you
the real you that i lack.

i could capture eternity with every smile you flash me
(but i bask in their moments instead.)