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Maybe you were right after all
Maybe I'm just bad news
I've been drowning in memories
Call it residual booze
I fell asleep watching Veronica Mars again
I still futz with that tourniquet
I tried to squeeze on your dreams
Slung it on, it's a perfect fit
What do you suppose that means
My parents keep asking
When you're planning on coming around
If we'd only stayed together
I might not have fallen apart
But the words you served destroyed my planet
I'll stall before I start
I'll stall before I start anything at all
Got a job at Uncommon Grounds
I finally shaved off that beard
Sold my Xbox to Jimmy down the street
Hell, I even quit smoking weed
I'm taking an online course
I'm learning to speak Japanese
If we'd only stayed together
I might not have fallen apart
But the words you served destroyed my planet
I'll stall before I start
I'll stall before I start anything at all
The things that used to mean so much to me
Have gone the way of dinosaurs
Hopes and dreams and everything
All I want for you to be is happy or something
I guess anything is better than the time you spent
Hoping I got it sorted out
I sent you a postcard but the post office sent it back
They said the building's been torn down
I just miss what I thought we both had
If we'd only stayed together
I might not have fallen apart
But the words you served destroyed my planet
It's all my fucking fault
If we'd only stayed together
I might not have fallen apart
But the words you served destroyed my planet
I'll stall before I start
I'll stall before I start anything at all
Maybe I'm just bad news
I've been drowning in memories
Call it residual booze
I fell asleep watching Veronica Mars again
I still futz with that tourniquet
I tried to squeeze on your dreams
Slung it on, it's a perfect fit
What do you suppose that means
My parents keep asking
When you're planning on coming around
If we'd only stayed together
I might not have fallen apart
But the words you served destroyed my planet
I'll stall before I start
I'll stall before I start anything at all
Got a job at Uncommon Grounds
I finally shaved off that beard
Sold my Xbox to Jimmy down the street
Hell, I even quit smoking weed
I'm taking an online course
I'm learning to speak Japanese
If we'd only stayed together
I might not have fallen apart
But the words you served destroyed my planet
I'll stall before I start
I'll stall before I start anything at all
The things that used to mean so much to me
Have gone the way of dinosaurs
Hopes and dreams and everything
All I want for you to be is happy or something
I guess anything is better than the time you spent
Hoping I got it sorted out
I sent you a postcard but the post office sent it back
They said the building's been torn down
I just miss what I thought we both had
If we'd only stayed together
I might not have fallen apart
But the words you served destroyed my planet
It's all my fucking fault
If we'd only stayed together
I might not have fallen apart
But the words you served destroyed my planet
I'll stall before I start
I'll stall before I start anything at all
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
Track duration: 03:39
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at first i reaaally hated they're new album, because i was real big fan and then theyre whole style kinda just changed. but its been some time and i'm realy starting to warm up to this one ;] i guess can't stay away from too long.
Another very minor mistake is:
"I'll stall before I start anything at all
The things that used to mean so much to me"
should be:
"I'll stall before I start anything, AND all
The things that used to mean so much to me"
He's very special indeed. His lyrics are amazing.
"There are [people] that I've run into that blame the direction or outcome of their lives on a single incident," Pierre tells SPIN.com. "This idea has always fascinated me."
"Had the woman not split up with me, I would most likely not have spiraled out of control to the point of no return, which allowed me to start over from scratch," the singer/guitarist explains. "What seemed like a tragedy three years ago turned out to be the best thing for both parties involved."
Another fun fact about the song: In its first verse, Pierre sings about falling asleep watching Veronica Mars, a reference to the moment he began to write the tune. "I had just finished watching the final season of Veronica Mars on DVD, so I was relatively upset that there would be no more episodes," Pierre recalls.
From an interview on spin.com: spin.com/articles/…