I can't keep going, I keep on running Why can't they let me be? Can't keep going on this way But I can't keep Going on this way I'm holding on so tightly now, My insides scream so loud

And he didn't even know your name Young men come and young men go But life goes on just the same All day long he was fighting for you And I don't know why Why do we keep holding on I don't know why Pretending to be oh so strong

You're always holding on to stars Who you are, who you are I think they're better from afar 'Cause no one is gonna save us So don't you ever kiss me Don't you wish on me Why can't you see that no one's gonna save us? It never came true

'Cause we can't keep holding on to grudges Stop asking why Why we had to waste so much time Well, we just pick up, pick up and start again Could it be that I've changed or did you? And if you wanna call me up or come over Like we did when we were kids

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight 'Cause we're scared to be lonely? Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds? Scared to be lonely Magnifying all our flaws And I wonder why, wonder what for Do we need somebody just to feel like we're

Nothing is better than the freedom Yeah-eah nothing is better than the freedom Night, is the time for the hunger Through these rooms, you and I, we wander Too much, too long, holding back the tears I wait, do hard labor and I count the years Soon the