And I cry just like you But I heal just like you And under my skin I'm just like you I feel just like you Hello my friend, it's been awhile All our old clothes are back in style We went our separate ways only to return To face a lesson we failed to learn

That I couldn't be around Oh I'll be sorry for now You will understand There will be a day that you will understand Sometimes things refuse to go the way we planned There are things we have to do that we can't stand Watching the wings cut through the

And I shiver all over, I shiver all over I shiver all over, 'cause I ain't got you, hmm I wear shades 'cause my eyes are red I got a headache that just won't go away It's a wonder that I'm not dead I get the blues in the mornin' So bad, I scare myself My

You think you know Every late night call, Every morning kiss All the "I can't live without yous" And you say goodbye like this Don't you understand? Do you even care? If you love me like you said you did Well you'd still be standing here

You got my heart, I don't want it back I know, I know (I know, I know) When everything is under attack Headfirst, I dive We're livin' for tonight (Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh) You are the voice inside my mind Something so real is hard to find

I won't let go of you Now I've got you in my space Got you shackled in my embrace I feel we're close enough I think we're close enough I'm latching on to you I wanna lock in your love You lift my heart up when the rest of me is down You, you enchant me

Fingers tap into what you were once And I'm worried that I blew my only chance While we are young And my heart Was colder when you've gone And I lost my head Under the sun You hold your truth so purely Swerve not through the minds of men

So long and goodnight Things are better if I stay From every heart you break (heart you break) And like the blade you stain (blade you stain) Well, I've been holding on tonight What's the worst thing I can say And if you carry on this way Just like the

(Africa, Africa) So what you know about Yo, in case you ain't know I go by the name of Akon and I'm from Home of the Goree Islands I'm from Senegal, West-side So I'ma share with you where I'm from And how I was comin' up So what you know about the

We are ghosts of the concrete world Genetic codes of a dying breed Will I be left behind Sounds of a playground fading You can find all you need The message is in the silence Whisper words to calm your mind Reach inside another playing come-around