If you ever leave me
Don't tell me why
The river of your grievances
Is deep as it's wide
And I'll just go fishing
And see what I find

Well I know
I have my flaws
But it's not like they
Tore down the walls
Of the house we built together

If you ever leave me
Don't write a note
I won't decipher
The words that you wrote
It's been ten years
And I can't crack your code

And I know
I have my flaws
But it's not like they
Tore down the walls
Of the house we built together

I don't need your reasons
I don't want to know
I don't need your reasons
I'll make up my own
Like I was not around
When you hit the ground
I was never one to console you
I was never strong
I was always wrong
But that's just not true

And I know
I have my flaws
But it's not like they
Tore down the walls
Of the house we built together

I know I can't do the high jump
If I never want to dive
I know I can't get to Paris
If I only wanna drive

But I can try
I can try

I can't catch your eye at midnight
When there's no one else around
And I know I can't tell you secrets
If I never make a sound

But I can try
I can try

Maybe I should be ashamed
What's that thing that people say?
"Nothing lost is nothing gained"

Now your ghost has come to haunt me
It seems as if she's here to stay
I know I can't make you want me
Without giving myself away

But still
I can try
I can try
I can try
And I will

In my dream
You were an ant in the palm of my hand
In my dream
I couldn't see that you were broken in two pieces
And I couldn't put you back together
I couldn't put you back together
'Cause my big hands
Could never understand
Something as small and fragile as an ant

In my dream
I set you free in a stream of gasoline
And the pieces
They scattered out to the north and the south
And I couldn't put you back together
I couldn't put you back together
'Cause my big hands
Could never understand
Something as small and fragile as an ant

So I took a match
And threw it in
And watched the trail of fire spin
And it scattered out north and south
Burning down the stream

In my dream
Just one piece found a tree
And there it stayed
And had laugh
One whole half

Looking back I should've known
And it's way too late now for your "I told you so's"
First to reach for the gun
Well you've always been the fatalistic one

But I wish I would've told you
I wish I could've told you

Don't follow your heart
Just stay where you are
Till the smoke clears
Don't follow your dreams
They're not what they seem
You don't know what you need
Just stay where you are
Don't follow your heart

Well I wish I saw the signs
But with us it's like the blind leading the blind
And it's hard to see the truth
When you're feeling your way through

But I wish I would've told you
I wish I could've told you

Don't follow your heart
Just stay where you are
Till the smoke clears
Don't follow your dreams
They're not what they seem
You don't know what you need
Just stay where you are
Don't follow your heart

Maybe love isn't all we need
Maybe the truth won't set us free
Maybe there is something we can't see
Just out of reach
Maybe we won't reap what we've sown
Maybe we'll find another road
But if you give up now, we'll never know
We'll never ever know

So don't...

VERSE SOLO

Don't follow your heart
Just stay where you are
Till the smoke clears
Don't follow your dreams
They're not what they seem
You don't know what you need
Just stay where you are
Don't follow your heart

Ten years ago today
You knew just what you had to do
The road laid out in front of you
And following the sun
You lined up all your hopes and dreams
Exactly where you wanted to be

You traveled down the road
Till it started branching out
To the north and to the south
And then the sun went down
In the dark you couldn't see
Exactly where you wanted to be

All that you can do
Is take a step or two
Then try to take three more
And work your way to four

Wandering through the dark
You tried to follow fireflies
But they would just leave you behind
Then you found a man
Talked to him, it turned out he
Was headed where you wanted to be

Walking hand in hand
Singing songs with made-up notes
Telling stories, telling jokes
How the time flew by
The days passed and you didn't know
The road had ended miles ago

All that you can do
Is take a step or two
Then try to take three more
And work your way to four

And sitting here today
You can't remember where or how
You had to go to get here now
Or what you hoped to find
You can't remember why it seemed
Exactly where you wanted to be

You say you'll go exploring
On your own, you're breaking free
Somewhere far away from me
Take my love with you
I hope you find a path that leads
Exactly where you wanted to be

All that you can do
Is take a step or two
Then try to take three more
And work your way to four

Tell me
Can you tell me
Whatever happened to you?
Tell me
Can you tell me
Whatever happened to you?

You always told me the truth
And you kindly
Stood beside me
But now you tell me you're through
Whatever happened to you?

Tell me
Can you tell me
Whatever happened to you?
Tell me
Can you tell me
Whatever happened to you?

You used to shine like the moon
And you gave love
To everyone
But now you darken the room
Whatever happened to you

Tell me
Can you tell me
Whatever happened to you?
Tell me
Can you tell me
Whatever happened to you?

Once you promised me forever ever after We would live so happily and I, I believed you cause i knew, knew exactly who, who it was i loved and knew she loved me too,
too late to change a thing, things aren't what they seemed, seems you were not the kind sweet girl you promised to be when you promised to me that you'd stay forever ever after we would live so happily
but not so happily...

Tell me
Can you tell me
Whatever happened to you?
Tell me
Can you tell me
Whatever happened to you?

Little one
You don't know
How I miss your face each and every day
When I sleep
And when I wake
I can still hear all the funny sounds you make

And I don't think
That it's okay
That she could pack it up and take you far away
And when you're older
Somewhere down the line
You might start asking for reasons why

But little Noah
Little baby
You should know there's nothing wrong with you
Little Noah
Little baby
This world is a disaster
And she and I are too
But little Noah
Nothing could ever be as perfect as you

In photographs
And in my mind
I am watching your life quickly flashing by
From afar
Cause where you are
Isn't any place I'm welcome anymore

And it hurts
More than I can tell
That I never got the chance to know you well
Now I know
I'm too slow
At boldly jumping headlong into the unknown

But little Noah
Little baby
You should know there's nothing wrong with you
Little Noah
Little baby
This world is hurting deeply
And she and I are too
And little Noah
Nothing will ever be as perfect as you

I love you
And I love her
And I still hold out hope that one day you'll return

I keep letting go and then grab hold again
I want off this rollercoaster ride
Sometimes I'm invincible for weeks on end
And sometimes I can't even go outside

Today I'm OK
I don't know about tomorrow
But today I'm OK
Tonight I'm alright
Won't be drowning in my sorrows
Cause tonight I'm alright

Sometimes I go running through the words you said
Sorting out what's false and what was real
And sometimes I can recognize our love is dead
And grateful is the only way to feel

Today I'm OK
I don't know about tomorrow
But today I'm OK
Tonight I'm alright
Won't be drowning in my sorrows
Cause tonight I'm alright

And I could never ask for more
(Till the next time I do)
But in this moment I am sure
That through ups and downs
And through hopes and fears
Love is all around me here

Today I'm OK
I don't know about tomorrow
But today I'm OK
Tonight I'm alright
Won't be drowning in my sorrows
Cause tonight I'm alright

We could fight it out
We could slam some doors
But winning this battle
Is losing the war
I still love you
I still love you
But it doesn't really matter
It doesn't really matter anymore

We're too far gone
To settle scores
Or pick the pieces
Up off the floor
I still want you
I still want you
But it doesn't really matter
It doesn't really matter anymore

Cause every minute, every day
Pulls you farther and farther away
And nothing I can say could pull you back

Now we'll never be
Like we were before
And the world is ending
And you're absolutely sure
Well, I still love you
I still love you
But it doesn't really matter
It doesn't really matter anymore

I thought I'd never see you again
But I also thought that I was wrong
If time's my enemy
I don't know who's my friend
All I know is every day's so long

But I'm doing fine without you
I live my life the best I know to live it
I never even think about you
It's hard enough to just get through this minute
Without telling the truth
That I never do forget you

The toughest part is all of the little things
Like sleeping, eating, driving my car
And fighting back the tears
And keeping my mind from wandering
To wondering where you are

But I'm doing fine without you
I live my life the best I know to live it
I never even think about you
It's hard enough to just get through this minute
Without telling the truth
That I never do forget you

You can't ruin my life
You don't have that much power over me
I just need some time to see
That everything will be alright

Cause I'm doing fine without you
I live my life the best I know to live it
I never even think about you
It's hard enough to just get through this minute
Without telling the truth
That I never do
I'm telling the truth
That I never do
To tell you the truth
I never do forget you

In four years
We'll sit here
Drinking margaritas
And comparing notes
What you did
What I did

And where we went wrong
And how we ran, when we
Discovered the house we built on sand
Was drifting

In four years
We'll be here
Drinking margaritas
And forgiving the past

With time and some space
We'll see so clear
The ways that we killed
What we held dear

In four years
We'll be here
Drinking margaritas

Until then
May your life be filled with hope
And new love and the grace to let it grow
May your days be filled with peace
And joy and sweet relief
From all the things that we went through
I'll see you soon