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If you've got something left to say
You'd better say it now
Anything but "stay"
Just say it now
We know we've reached the end
We just don't know how
"well at least we'll still be friends"
Yeah one last useless vow
"there are different ways to live"
Yeah I know that stuff
"other ways to give"
Yeah all that stuff
But holding onto used to be
Is not enough
Memory's not life
And it's not love
We should let it all go
It never stays the same
So why does it hurt me like this
When you say that I've changed?
When you say that I've aged?
Say I'm afraid
And all the tears you cry
They're not tears for me
Regrets about your life
They're not regrets for me
It never turns out how you want
Why can't you see?
It all just slips away
It always slips away
Eventually
So if you've got nothing left to say
Just say goodbye
Turn your face away
And say goodbye
You know we've reached the end
You just don't know why
And you know we can't pretend
After all this time
So just let it all go
Nothing ever stays the same
So why does it hurt me like this
To say that I've changed?
To say that I've aged?
Say I'm afraid
But there are long long nights when I lay awake
And I think of what I've done
Of how I've thrown my sweetest dreams away
And what I've really become
And however hard I try
I will always feel regret
However hard I try
I will never forget
I will never forget
You'd better say it now
Anything but "stay"
Just say it now
We know we've reached the end
We just don't know how
"well at least we'll still be friends"
Yeah one last useless vow
"there are different ways to live"
Yeah I know that stuff
"other ways to give"
Yeah all that stuff
But holding onto used to be
Is not enough
Memory's not life
And it's not love
We should let it all go
It never stays the same
So why does it hurt me like this
When you say that I've changed?
When you say that I've aged?
Say I'm afraid
And all the tears you cry
They're not tears for me
Regrets about your life
They're not regrets for me
It never turns out how you want
Why can't you see?
It all just slips away
It always slips away
Eventually
So if you've got nothing left to say
Just say goodbye
Turn your face away
And say goodbye
You know we've reached the end
You just don't know why
And you know we can't pretend
After all this time
So just let it all go
Nothing ever stays the same
So why does it hurt me like this
To say that I've changed?
To say that I've aged?
Say I'm afraid
But there are long long nights when I lay awake
And I think of what I've done
Of how I've thrown my sweetest dreams away
And what I've really become
And however hard I try
I will always feel regret
However hard I try
I will never forget
I will never forget
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BUT HOLDING ONTO USED TO BE
IS NOT ENOUGH MEMORY'S NOT LIFE AND IT'S NOT LOVE
I love Wild Mood Swings great album after Faith
Great song. My other 'sad" Cure songs are Last day of Summer and Untitled.
i will NEVER forget
fuck
this song is like a million bullets headin towards me right now
amazin
reely reely depressin song
1 of the 3most depressin cure-songs
the other 2 r 'apart' & 'treasure' 4me
i was wonderin..
how stupid a woman/girl could b 2 leave Robert?? how??
AND I THINK OF WHAT I'VE DONE, OF HOW I'VE THROWN MY SWEETEST DREAMS AWAY
AND WHAT I'VE REALLY BECOME"
But it still makes him sad. He is sad because it is mostly her decision to end it...she's stopped caring about him perhaps in a selfish way "AND ALL THE TEARS YOU CRY
THEY'RE NOT TEARS FOR ME
REGRETS ABOUT YOUR LIFE
THEY'RE NOT REGRETS FOR ME"
its not the first relationship that's ended for him but perhaps one of the most hurtful. you can tell he knows the type of things that happen in these situations.