"Love forever. Love is free."
Annie's tired of forgetting about today
And always planning for tomorrow
Annie says "the saddest day I came acrosss was
When I learned that life goes on without me"
Annie says "if everyone has someone else,
Then I ain't got nobody's love to save me"
Annie says "I think I'll pass away tonight,
Because it seems I'll never get it right if it's just me"
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Annie says she wouldn't mind
If they never find a cure for all her problems
Annie says as long as she has someone near to make it clear
She does not need to solve them
"Oh, this loneliness is killing me
It's filling me with anger and resentment
I'm turning into someone that I never thought I'd have to be again"
We are the few that won't say nothing right
We are the footsteps fading into the night
Nobody cares and nobody stares with such conviction and I say:
I never wanted this, no one ever wanted this
But they gave it to you so you might as well be proud of it
I don't know where we went wrong
All I know now is I got to do something right
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This has been the best night of my life
This has been the best night of my life
I could have lost my life
And I would have lost my mind
But now I'm fine
And I find
That this has been the best night of my life
This has been the best night of my life
(I still can't believe they had the heart to apologize)
This has been the best night of my life
(I still can't believe they had the heart to apologize)
I could have lost my life
And I would have lost my mind
But now I'm fine
And I find
That this has been the best night of my life
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And as the day fades
No one investigates
Nobody answers as she calls his name
Another victim, somewhere in a shallow grave
I want to hold her and tell her: it's not your fault
A moment of silence please for those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but they're never asked to dance
The losers, the liars, the bastards, the thieves,
The cynicists, the pessimists, and those that don't believe in nothing
Why do you cry when you know how the story ends?
How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends?
We've all been there once but you never left
This is me coming back back to get you and
To say goodbye to make amends
I'm not leaving this place
Unless I'm leaving with you
You're the only person with a half decent heart
And I know you will put it to use
Until it's gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah
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Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home
We had a heart to heart about life
But neither him or me could decide for ourselves
If we wanted to outlive that night
Like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls
Abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes
If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole
What a wonderful world this could be!
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The last two soldiers on the battlefield
Survivors of the war
They aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord
"If you're listening, I'm missing him
So somehow bring him home
How did it come to this?"
So the soldiers lift their rifles and
They're aiming at the head
They think of their first love before they take their final breaths
And somewhere in the distance
They hear something someone said: "How did it come to this?"
And always planning for tomorrow
Annie says "the saddest day I came acrosss was
When I learned that life goes on without me"
Annie says "if everyone has someone else,
Then I ain't got nobody's love to save me"
Annie says "I think I'll pass away tonight,
Because it seems I'll never get it right if it's just me"
<><><><>
Annie says she wouldn't mind
If they never find a cure for all her problems
Annie says as long as she has someone near to make it clear
She does not need to solve them
"Oh, this loneliness is killing me
It's filling me with anger and resentment
I'm turning into someone that I never thought I'd have to be again"
We are the few that won't say nothing right
We are the footsteps fading into the night
Nobody cares and nobody stares with such conviction and I say:
I never wanted this, no one ever wanted this
But they gave it to you so you might as well be proud of it
I don't know where we went wrong
All I know now is I got to do something right
<><><><>
This has been the best night of my life
This has been the best night of my life
I could have lost my life
And I would have lost my mind
But now I'm fine
And I find
That this has been the best night of my life
This has been the best night of my life
(I still can't believe they had the heart to apologize)
This has been the best night of my life
(I still can't believe they had the heart to apologize)
I could have lost my life
And I would have lost my mind
But now I'm fine
And I find
That this has been the best night of my life
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And as the day fades
No one investigates
Nobody answers as she calls his name
Another victim, somewhere in a shallow grave
I want to hold her and tell her: it's not your fault
A moment of silence please for those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but they're never asked to dance
The losers, the liars, the bastards, the thieves,
The cynicists, the pessimists, and those that don't believe in nothing
Why do you cry when you know how the story ends?
How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends?
We've all been there once but you never left
This is me coming back back to get you and
To say goodbye to make amends
I'm not leaving this place
Unless I'm leaving with you
You're the only person with a half decent heart
And I know you will put it to use
Until it's gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah
<><><><>
Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home
We had a heart to heart about life
But neither him or me could decide for ourselves
If we wanted to outlive that night
Like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls
Abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes
If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole
What a wonderful world this could be!
<><><><>
The last two soldiers on the battlefield
Survivors of the war
They aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord
"If you're listening, I'm missing him
So somehow bring him home
How did it come to this?"
So the soldiers lift their rifles and
They're aiming at the head
They think of their first love before they take their final breaths
And somewhere in the distance
They hear something someone said: "How did it come to this?"