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Come along with me now cause there are things I've been
Dying to tell you
The best of the worst things that you never
Needed to know
This is the kind of comedy where no one's
Laughing, cause it's hard to
I'm a punch line who's punch-drunk
With my fist in a broken mirror
There's a party nearby
I can hear
Laughter in the distance and it all comes clear
Sounds to simple
Love is the only answer
Everything else is just a train wreck
I'm gonna stay up all night every night for the rest of my life
'Til
The lines around my eyes grow deeper and more defined
You might
Ask me aren't you dead inside and so damn tired
I'll say I have no
Idea I'm not sleeping until after the dying is over
I can hear laughter
In the distance and it all comes clear
Sounds to simple
Love is the
Only answer
When love's a train wreck you're a mistake
Dying to tell you
The best of the worst things that you never
Needed to know
This is the kind of comedy where no one's
Laughing, cause it's hard to
I'm a punch line who's punch-drunk
With my fist in a broken mirror
There's a party nearby
I can hear
Laughter in the distance and it all comes clear
Sounds to simple
Love is the only answer
Everything else is just a train wreck
I'm gonna stay up all night every night for the rest of my life
'Til
The lines around my eyes grow deeper and more defined
You might
Ask me aren't you dead inside and so damn tired
I'll say I have no
Idea I'm not sleeping until after the dying is over
I can hear laughter
In the distance and it all comes clear
Sounds to simple
Love is the
Only answer
When love's a train wreck you're a mistake
Lyrics submitted by SameOldStory
Track duration: 02:48
"Portland Is Leaving" as written by Rocky Votolato
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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also, based on my favorite line, i feel like he thinks that sleeping is pointless since we need to enjoy every minute of those simple pleasures.
i also love the random talking in the background at the end.
Is it bad that I can't tell?
I love how he goes from saying "love is the only answer / everything else is just a train wreck"
to "sounds to simple / love is the only answer / when love's a train wreck you're a mistake"
It seems like he is taking back his words and deciding that we want the only answer to be love; but, in reality that isn't the case and that love can't be the only asnwer, as much as we all want it to be. Sometimes love actually becomes a trainwreak because we try so hard to make it perfect and exactly how it "should" be.
no matter what though, this is a beautiful song, so much emotion and truth to it.
I love how he goes from saying "love is the only answer / everything else is just a train wreck"
to "sounds to simple / love is the only answer / when love's a train wreck you're a mistake"
It seems like he is taking back his words and deciding that we want the only answer to be love; but, in reality that isn't the case and that love can't be the only asnwer, as much as we all want it to be. Sometimes love actually becomes a trainwreak because we try so hard to make it perfect and exactly how it "should" be.
no matter what though, this is a beautiful song, so much emotion and truth to it.
So shame on me and I'd like to hear an explanation.
One of my favorite Rocky songs. This line just means a lot to me.