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| one.
So, your appearance made them forget
They never loved you for what you posess
And if this is as good as it gets
The you should let it rest
two.
You used to leave all your things behind
You made up reasons to stay around
and now they left you with nowhere to go
three.
Do you take pride in belittling yourself
'cause you're not fooling anyone else
four.
And I should have acted differently, I know
But everytime you get too close
I tend to run away from you, my love
five.
She came to me with that look on her face
There's freedom, she says, in changing your ways
I don't believe in staying the same
six.
Don't say you love me
like loving me is a deed
and girl, that's exactly how I feel
Don't give me that look
as if I'm not trying for real
'cause girl, that's exactly how it feels
seven.
and I don't blame you
'cause I know what's wrong
I just can't spell it out in words no more
eight.
this is how we come undone,
I can't fight this feeling
but it's not our fault, we've
just been on our own to long
nine.
seems like our love declared
is a love unheard of
and I don't know how
to make you smile
ten.
4 am, I'm outside your house
Your door is shut, but your window's not
I spot your face as I turn away
There's a presence made, a yesterday
And I could sure use a girl like you
But would you let me go if I asked you to
eleven.
So take my hand
Let me know I'm safe
Just because you can
And if I'm still here
Turn the TV off
Let the telephone ring
twelve.
I didn't even defend myself
But hey, I got a little stronger everyday
And I'm not ashamed
thirteen.
But anyday now they'll know
You're such a snob, but when reconsider it,
you've got all things the I want
fourteen.
This one's for showing up
when everyone thought you were gone
This one's for never giving up.
fifteen.
In a couple of minutes
They'll be shutting you up
And all though everybody says their sorry
You don't believe a word
sixteen.
This is what I do
If I had to choose again,
This is what I'd choose,
I wish I didn't know what it does to you.
seventeen.
This is what it takes
This is how I feel good about myself
This is how I fall
This is how I break.
eighteen.
Hey I wish you'd hold that smile,
Hell, if only for a while,
I need to know about all the things
you did and didn't do,
And just how hard you tried.
nineteen.
I'm not gonna tell you tonight
I'm gonna lie and claim
I've had the time of my life
but tomorrow I'm not gonna call
My conscience, it wont bother me at all
twenty.
but hey, you've made my day
I've been all excited in that premature way
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| one.
And this is fucked up, fucked up
This your blind spot
It should be obvious, but it's not.
two.
I know I'd do best to forget about us
Cause there is no us
I forget: It's just a crush
three.
I feel like I'm changing
I'm telling you theres something wrong
I'm so scared that you wont love me
If I tell you all the things that I've done
four.
If you tell me that theres something wrong
I won't laugh at you, won't be mad at you
Just look at far we've come
I believe that we'll get through this
And rise like the shining sun
I'll forgive you and I'll trust you
And I'll love you for whatever you've done
five.
So ask all your questions
try all their answers
and change as we may
what ever should follow
I love you
six.
God I wish I was sleeping with you tonight,
We could listen to the rain outside,
I'd tell you a story, sing you a song,
promise you nothing is wrong,
But I know you gotta be moving on.
seven.
It's too bad the boys you do get back at you
You can't forget the monsters in your bed
eight.
If it's worth your time
I've got 10 digits
I'd like you to find,
But no, I won't get that call-
You've got so much to give
I've got nothing at all
nine.
I wrote her a song
Not Delilah, not Kelsey
Had em both in my palm
but I dropped them for Chelsea
ten.
If I lift up this anchor
it doesn't mean that I've
given up on you, but I
just can't stay here waiting
eleven.
Sing songs for you just to
watch you sail away from me
But please don't leave
You're a part of me
I'm never letting go
twelve.
All the world can't keep me from your heart
I'm taking every part
There's no one left for us to find
Cause I am yours and you are mine
thirteen.
And dear love,
In case you didn't know
I've been lost without you here
fourteen.
You should've seen the sky last night
The sunset view faded back to blue
But it just didn't look the same without you
fifteen.
Oh, somebody rescue me
Oh, somebody tell me you will
sixteen.
Tell me that you're going to save me
That everything is gonna be okay
I'm screaming, but nobody can hear me
Can you save me from myself?
seventeen.
No, no, no, no
How can this be?
I've tried and tried and tried
But I'm sill lost out at sea
When did I become the
things that I used to hate
eighteen.
I thought I could fly
So why did I drown?
nineteen.
I shot for the sky
I'm stuck on the ground
So why do I try?
I know I'm gonna fall down.
twenty.
Oh, I am going down, down, down.
I can't find another way around.
And I don't wanna hear that sound
Of losing what I never found.
twenty one.
I can't imagine moving on
And giving up everything
Just to be more alone
twenty two.
I don't need your closure
I don't need your plan
Don't tell me that it's over
Just tell me there's a chance
twenty three.
Oh, love of mine
Why did it take so long to find
Your touch
Hope was never gone
Even though it took so long
To find you
twenty four.
So long ago
You told me you'd never leave
But do you know
Things have changed so suddenly
And here I am
I am moving on without you
Without you
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one.
The whole city has stopped.
And this pause is worth savouring,
because the world will soon
be complicated again.
two.
All the emails I get these days start with
sorry I've been so busy, and I don't
understand how we can be so busy and
then have nothing to say to each other.
three.
It was strange how important the pictures
felt, like vital documents that should be
kept in a fireproof tin instead of being
blu-tacked and pinned to the wall.
four.
But I think I need somebody to say
these words for me to believe them,
I don't think I can speak clearly or
loudly enough when I say them to myself.
five.
Perhaps not telling people makes it
less real, perhaps it's not even
definite yet, really.
six.
I wanted someone to see me, I
wanted someone to come rushing
in, to take hold of me and say
hey hey what are you doing,
hey come on, what's wrong.
But there was no one there,
and no one came.
seven.
Excuse me but, really,
I am actually very much
in love with you.
eight.
I know what the right words are.
I've been sitting here for hours,
choosing and unchoosing.
nine.
I said all of this very quietly, and
I was amazed to hear the words
coming out at all, like butterflies
wriggling through net curtains.
ten.
It's a big word I say, love,
it seems a bit, you know,
clumsy.
eleven.
He told me you looked lonely and
he couldn't do anything about it.
twelve.
There are so many people in the world
he says, and I want to know them all
but I don't even know my next door
neighbor's name.
thirteen.
You must always look with both of
your eyes and listen with both of
your ears. He says this is a very
big world and there are many many
things you could miss if you are
not careful. He says there are
remarkable things all the time,
right in front of us, but our eyes
have like the clouds over the sun
and our lives are paler and poorer
if we do not see them for what they are.
fourteen.
If nobody speaks of remarkable things,
how can they be called remarkable?
fifteen.
He tells her these things all the same,
it is good to say them aloud, they are
things people do not think and he wants
to place them into the air.
sixteen.
I do not know about angels he says,
perhaps there are many, perhaps they
are here now he says, and she looks
around and stands closer to him and
he smiles. But there are people too
he says, everywhere there are people
and I think it is easier to hold hands
with people than it is with angels, yes?
seventeen.
It was awkward at first, I thought it would
be easier than talking on the phone but it
took a while to get used to being in the
room with her, she looked different, older,
sharper. But then she laughed, and her
eyes screwed up and she looked the same
as always, and we were talking the way
we used to, finishing sentences for each
other, waving hands for emphasis,
choking on funny stories.
eighteen.
I'm surprised, but I'm glad, I realize
that this is what I wanted that night
last week, to simply make a connection
and keep hold it.
nineteen.
But the moment will never be again,
the moment is gone.
all of these quotes are from the novel
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
It's an amazing book, I highly recommend it.
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| one.
So let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
Let somebody else be right
two.
Feel the smallest changes,
within ourselves within our pulse
I feel it all around me, cause
its inside us and it surrounds us
And as one we'll learn to curve
before we break
three.
The last perfect thing,
You know that you bring me back to life
On and on and on and on,
I think about you all day long,
I need you to be stronger
'Cause now I'm doubting me
I know I shouldn't be but
I've been down, I've been down
four.
Rocks upon my window
mean that you're coming round
And how could I resist when
I think you're still in love?
five.
'Cause it was love, wasn't it?
Well it's killing me not having it
It's hard to not remember,
Forget it's not the same
six.
Sorry I came without an invitation,
just wanted to be loved.
seven.
And their answers lie in a setting sun,
And the reasons why will remain unknown,
'Cause we live our lives 'til we come undone
We just have to believe
eight.
And now you're gone, my hands
melt to yesterday's melodies
Time's pushing along,
Still looking back to hold on to
the days we said we'd never say goodbye
nine.
Even though I'm feeling low,
I guess I'm feeling free
We can live our own existence
'cause I know these dreams
will bring you back to me
ten.
I'm dreaming a world with you,
I wish the night was longer
I'm chasing the way we were,
I wish that I could catch us
I'm feeling your hand in mine,
I wish I'd held it closer
eleven.
Well I'd trade wisdom
back in for innocence
to get away from all my lies
twelve.
Here, I wait, in a search for
words that could speak to you
All will be ok, we just need a little faith
Down here, ours is only one
of an infinite number of stories to tell
and now, where we are,
there are things we cannot change
thirteen.
But those things you do,
Its like you don't know
how much love I'd give for you
You give me a smile
You say you don't like to talk about it
fourteen.
We've got to figure it out,
you know I'm listening now,
Where do we go?
Tell me where do we go, my beautiful,
no I won't let you go,
We'll figure it out, I'm listening now,
where do we go?
fifteen.
And if you've got no other choice
You know you can follow my voice
Through the dark turns and noise
Of this wicked little town
sixteen.
I can feel the sunlight
barely breaking on the sea
I don't want to miss you,
I don't want you missing me
Its about time we climb out of the wreckage
seventeen.
I tried to think of what to say
upon return from my time away
but all I know is that they say,
“Where there’s smoke there’s fire,
but I say, “Where there’s love there’s liars.”
eighteen.
Well I am distant, but
there’s no real distance to speak of.
nineteen.
This story’s getting’ old,
because it always ends the same.
There lies the smoking gun,
and I’m the only one to blame.
twenty.
Well here I am again, in over my head.
I had the best intentions, but
they just lead to all this tension.
I didn’t mean for you to ever
feel this way. But the damage
has been done and I can never
find the right words to say
twenty one.
and if you're sleeping with
another I know you're wishing
it was me in those sheets
twenty two.
Take a chance.
No one ever died from a
night of holding hands.
It’s just innocent romance
twenty three.
Make a move.
What have you got to lose?
It’s only me, and there is only you.
She said, “Hold on, let me
catch my breath. I let my heart
out run my head. But I must admit,
those things you said sounded so good"
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| one.
I've never been the one to shout because I listen
I don't like to raise my voice
but maybe I should learn to lose my inhibitions
and let my feelings make some noise
'Cause you don't know what I'm going through,
when silence is all I give to you
two.
I love the way you hear the words unspoken,
it's like you read between the minds,
you know before the silence has been broken
three.
Cause it's not where you go when you die
It's how you live when you're alive
Who you touch and how you feel it
It's not about the time that you have
It's how you cry and how you laugh
Who you love and how you mean it
And do you mean it?
four.
Whatever happened to the dreamers
that always looked beyond the sky?
They saw a world they could beleive in
but only when they closed their eyes
five.
Some believe in the devil
but who are they to know?
How dare they give a face to evil
when they're the ones loving the show?
six.
With a map of the world in your pocket
And a whole lot of love to give
You went looking for places and situations
That you've been dying to live
And I wish you well
seven.
With a whole lot of tears you left me
What a mess of my love you made
I was there on the day running after your train
I will always remember your face
Please come home
Its not the same here any more
Please come home
Since youve been gone no one talks about the world
eight.
Every road leads us to somewhere
And every turn brings us closer to home
Being alone doesn't mean that you're free
So come with me, come with me
nine.
I wish that we could begin from the start
I pray that I could be brave enough
To show you how easily I fall apart
ten.
She stands there calling my name
in her boyfriend's jacket in the rain
I guess she's in love with the whole damn world
And the whole world loves her
Won't turn without her
eleven.
And finally the silence
Looking out, looking back across the sky
Trying to find a meaning
Knowing that I just left it all behind
twelve.
Without you I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come on, you know that we belong
thirteen.
Mysterious, but sometimes it just takes time
And its lonely when you leave the world behind
You're a diver and you're sailing out of bounds
On a wire, set a course of your own
fourteen.
Was it ignorance or innocence?
Aren't they really the same?
fifteen.
Its not what it seems,
life is bigger when its up on a screen
Its not your fault they made you beg
To be a billboard on two legs
sixteen.
The simple truth is I'm falling, falling down,
and I don't want to drag you through the bottom
seventeen.
But with demons sitting at my side,
Another angel asks me why
And it doesn't take too much to say
To feel alive, I'd give it all away
eighteen.
Destructive words to make it so,
but none of this is you, you know
nineteen.
If we'd cry just a little
Maybe laugh a little more
If its not worth having
Then its not worth dying for
We've got to live just a little
Maybe love a little more
Cause it can't be all for nothing
So what are we fighting for
twenty.
It seems I have worn out my thinking cap
I've come to this conclusion cause all I do is laugh
What choice do I have?
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