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We've been going back and forth
I'm waiting for the day you call me
I think I can do it on my own
Swinging like a pendulum
The time ticks by until it's gone
I'm thinking that
The sun has never shown

Time is gonna start
It's never gonna stop
Time is running out
Going into shock
'Cause you're
Too late
Too late
Too late
Oh oh oh oh oh

Never quite the effort-maker
I see you're not nearly ready
I think I can do it on my own
Just too late and still too little
I just seemed to miss you crawling
Never thought the day would come I know

Time is gonna start
It's never gonna stop
Time is running out
Going into shock
'Cause you're
Too late
Too late
Too late
Oh oh oh oh oh

Time is gonna start
It's never gonna stop
Time is running out
Going into shock
'Cause you're
Too late
Too late
Too late

You're too late
Too late
Too late
You're too late
Not quite
The same
Oh oh oh oh oh

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Lyrics submitted by Statbucksbabe28

Track duration: 03:00

"Too Late" as written by Elizabeth Anne Berg

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    General Comment:My friend recently went through something like this with a now ex-boyfriend. At first, she loved the guy, but he just wasn't reliable. And in the end she left him for it and went on to someone more reliable.

    I think the point this song is at is when she's starting to get fed up with the boyfriend blowing her off or forgetting to call her when he said he would, and this is the last chance she's giving him. And now he's just wasted it by being late again.

    "time is gonna start
    it's never gonna stop
    time is running on"

    I interpreted this as her saying that she's through with him, and that she's going forward without looking back; time will go on with or without him.

    "just too late and still too little
    i just seem to miss you crawling
    never thought the day would come, i know"

    The sarcasm in this verse amused me. She's saying that she's never seen him actually make an effort in their relationship, that everything he's done has been at the pace of a "crawl." At this point she's amazed she hadn't broken up with him sooner.

    If anything, you can simply tell from the tone of the song that it has to be a breakup song.
    Flag liberatepotatoeson December 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this song rocks
    i think its about a girl who likes a guy
    and the guy is hesitant towards her
    " crawling "
    and she wants him so badly, she'll do anything to get him
    but she gradually gets over him a bit at a time and she wants to make him realise that he's had his chance
    and blown it
    maybe?
    Flag o0PeteWentz0oon July 02, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:*agrees with graffiti_mysoul*
    Flag go_go_goon April 13, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i think it's about liking someone. who is just wasting your time, unsure they like you in the same way. and about moving on.

    "crawling" = hesitation perhaps?
    Flag moielectricon April 08, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I think is about that 2...the guy just 2 late....theyr on the time when your meeting someone new and for some random reason he just dont call anymore.....she thiank about him a lot but finally realize its too late already
    Flag jarieth15on January 10, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This is my favorite song by them. The Like seriously rocks, I love them.

    I'm thinking this song is about a relationship and how the guy was too late?
    Flag graffiti_mysoulon July 24, 2005   Link

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