It's an illusion Can't believe what you hear Don't believe what you read Here and gone in a day Not what it seems this American dream Just drifting away After all that we've seem A complete waste of time Just a nursery rhyme

Well, they say people come The say people go This particular diamond was extra special And though you might be gone, and the world may not know Still I see you, celestial And I should but I can't let you go But when I'm cold, I'm cold Yeah, when I'm cold

You left my side tonight Without you I'm no one, I'm nothing at all I could not go on And I, I just don't feel right But I, I can't let you out of sight, What if I walked without you What if I ran without you What if I stand without you What if I lived

A-won't ya say yes? Don't ya say no Make me feel good, Kiddio I wrote you a six-page letter But you started talkin' 'bout the weather Kiddio, don'tcha know that's wrong? I can't stand this playin' 'round Help me up; don't let me down If you love me, let

Every breath you take I watch you slip away You're slowly killing yourself I won't give in I gave you everything Would you stay and listen? I can't let you go, save me please I never thought we would end up like this If my heart could sing, would you

They were good times And I wish you were here, Yes, I wish you were here Ah I wish you were here, Drying these tears I cry And I can't let go 'Cause you're dealing with a heart of stone, Try to kiss and say goodbye,

Love so soft, so soft Break it then you buy it and it sure gonna cost ya Love so soft that you can't rub off You gon' love it if you try it If you want this love, got to hold it tight I wanna be closer to you, let you under my skin You gotta be careful

Sleep happens to you It's not a failure if you can't In any case, you will at some point You'll let go And you'll forget where you are If you can't I'll stay up I'll stay up too

It's obvious that you're dying, dying Just living proof that the camera's lying And oh oh open wide Don't look up just let them think You can't turn back Because this road is all you'll ever have 'Cause you'll go out in style You'll go out in style Yeah

No we can't go home like this Say you wanna leave, wanna leave When the bed's half-made and the light's blown out We can build our fate over hollow ground Open up the cage, let the birds fly out Like, like, like, like 'Cause we can't go home like this