What I'm trying to show you Is something that I was shown But it's so hard to see And it's so hard to feel What I'm trying to tell you Is something that I was told. We say we love But don't know how And as we are

I was a boat trapped in a bottle Dying for water, you were the ocean I was a compass, I couldn't find heaven I didn't know how, but I was broken I was a castaway with no end I drew a broken heart in the sand And you were the wave, the wave, the wave That

Can I be him? Can I be the one 'Cause a light came on when I heard that song and I want you to sing it again I swear that every word you sing, you wrote them for me Like it was a private show, but I know you never saw me When the lights come on and I'm

Years, they will come and go. Sometimes the tears will flow. Some of my memories will fade, But I'll always remember that one September day. I used to reminisce 'Cause I thought that love was bliss. How did they know it would go astray? It began, and it

I know it's a shame Tell me it's okay Lately I've been thinking about the past How there is no holding back No point in wasting sorrow On things that won't be here tomorrow But you and I well, we don't need to speak It's the secret that we keep

You say I waste my life away, but I live it to the full And how would you know anyway, you're just mister dull Why don't you get into the things we do today You could lose twenty years right away, so we say We don't need, no, no no no parental guidance

Rivers get connected so much stronger than expected, well Sick love comes to wash us away Prisons of perspective How your vision gets corrected and Sick love is my modern cliché I don't know but it's been said Your heart is stronger than your head And

Had to have high, high hopes for a living Always had high, high hopes Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision Didn't know how but I always had a feeling I was gonna be that one in a million We

But I'll never get over losing you Was a fool with my money And I lost every dime The sun stopped shining And it rained all the time It did set me back some But I've made it through Do you know how much you mean to me? Should've told you but it's through

If you believe it's in my soul I'd say all the words that I know Just to see if it would show That I'm trying to let you know That I'm better off on my own I tried to be perfect But nothing was worth it I don't believe it makes me real I'd thought it'd