And I think I understand Like a leaf caught in the wind He drifted a while With no purpose or direction to his life He tried to get himself together And pacify his mind And forget about the things he left behind The cryin' woman Standing helpless in his

She said that she's had enough Forget about the one I left at home Lied too much Am I too much Remembering the one I left at home Forget about the life I used to know Standing on my own So now I'm standing here alone I'm learning how to live life on my

Love me leave me left me numb She's so bad she's good for me Draw your guns One night is all she needs Did you have your fun This girl knows ways you won't believe, oh Just being honest You can't tie me down Life is a short trip

Send me a postcard When you get to where you're going Send me a line To everything you've left behind Won't you let me know But life's not what you make it, baby Honey, now that your shackles are gone And you're out there on your own If things get hard

As much as I pretend I can't forget The day you left you the air I breathe My life was in your kiss My breath in your lips So how do I live? If baby you're the air I breathe ('Cause baby you're the air I breathe, oh no) So if the world is getting heavy

In the next life This time forever There'll be no more goodbyes 'Cause you left me helpless on the other side I'll find you there in the next life The sun is set, the rain has passed Who knew tomorrow wouldn't last I wear the cross that bares your name

Who left me outside That someone holds me tonight Hold me tonight Someone left the door open I'm bent, I'm not broken Come live in my life All the words left unspoken Are the pages I write On my knees and I'm hoping

What if god doesn't care? And we will burn your cities down We will burn your cities down America is a killing name It doesn't feel or discriminate Life is just a killing field It's all that's left, nothing's real Throw away your disposable past And fall

The way you almost held my hand, dear The time you kissed my cheek The words that never left your lips, love But I heard week after week The waltzes that we left untaken The glances drove us mad The life we didn't live together And the love that we

In the silence of my mind I can see our love was just a line To a grasp of air That's nowhere And while I wait for love's embrace My life is but a race Since you're gone now All my light is left to waste I never learned the rule