verse 1.
i can see you in a much better light.
over here on my side.
you're still standing in the shadow.
your mind casts of who you are.
and i'm finding no sense.
in living with regret.
when we could just as well.
admire from afar. 

chorus.
but won't you let me save you.
baby, let me take you away.
i can show you what you could be.
everything you would be.

if you just let go.

verse 2.
you're a guarded battleground.
built to keep everyone out.
but you're not the only one here.
afraid to bleed.
the world deserves to see.
the man you show to me.
but your reservations.
stop you too often to think. 

bridge.
time has shown you who to be.
and i'm quite sure i can't compete.
they all say that i'm naive.
to think that it will be me. 
 

verse 1.
years have come and gone.
and we convince ourselves to move on.
but some things never lose their charm.
and remain perfect, just the way they are.

why do they turn away.
is there truth in what we say.
are these secrets we shouldn't reveal.
or a warmth not everyone should feel.

chorus.
meet me under your backyard tree.
i'll show you where i buried our dreams.
take my hand, don't let go.
oh, then we'll never grow old.

verse 2.
the thoughts we've left have withered away.
and new promises take its place.
but we'll defy right in logic's face.
when the world insists we can't act this way.

we'll run around in the rain.
leave our troubles for another day.
roll around in the sand.
and they'll whisper but we won't care.

bridge.
find somewhere to carve.
our names in a heart.
to prove that once.
we were in love.

and if luck decides.
to play on our side.
we'll take advantage of.
never really growing up.

verse 1.
looking too hard.
searching too far.
for a place to turn around.
and if i get.
this close to the edge.
and never take a chance with you now.

chorus 1.
give me something.
any reason.
to keep my feet.
from up and leaving.
with my heart in tow.
but you should know.
i'll give my best.
then i'm headed west.

into dreamland.

verse 2.
not sure what to say.
so doubt makes its way.
to the place i'd saved for you.
i knew it'd come to this.
but still you'd insist.
to go against everything we knew.

chorus 2.
i need something.
just one reason.
to keep these feet.
from up and leaving.
with my heart.
in tow.
but you'll know.
i gave my best.
and then i headed west.

into dreamland.

verse 1.
your world doesn't know me.
i'm invisible to the naked eye.
our love remains under scrutiny.
their discontent clouds your mind.
you live under a lense.
but seeing through to your core.
is harder still, when.
you're a master at wanting more. 

chorus.
you can love me in the dark.
no one knowing what we are.
see, i'll go on playing my part.
& you'll just love me in the dark.

verse 2.
looking in from the other side.
unsure of what everyone else sees.
is my perception a lie.
challenging what we are to be.
you put me away.
no intentions of letting our love see the light.
& i dare not escape.
lest i leave without what is mine.

bridge.
and you disguise your heart.
with bows and ribbons.
that you'd given.
all to me.
and i fell so foolishly.

verse 1.
a world constructed with paper walls.
our lives models of porcelain dolls.
with these hearts we've made of glass.
like windows into our past.

things aren't always what they seem.
sides divided with misunderstanding.
but chances are i'm wrong again.
with this reluctance to let you in.

chorus.
circumstances arise.
and our emotions are pushed aside.
never to be found again.
lost with battles we'll never win.
but they remain in our souls.
dodging daggers, bricks, and stones.
broken promises never meant to keep and.
what we dream is.
lost to reason.

verse2.

the winds of change aren't blowing in our favor.
and it's decided our lives are what they make em.
taking their words from every angle.
walking right into the danger.

they'll find their way to the truth.
making plans of breaking you.
and we'll soon tire of these games.
or we'll add fire to these flames.

verse 1.
there's a whole lot of trouble.
behind her pretty eyes.
and there's a world of truth
lost inside her many lies.

her beauty masks the screams.
of disaster underneath.
and your oblivion, it hides.
the waking divide.

chorus.
her smile is deceptive.
her touch is electric.
so you find your way.
back into her arms.
her love is like the rain.
drowning you again.
but you won't feel a thing at all.
before the fall.

verse 2.
she asks all the questions.
but never has an answer.
but you think its cute.
and refuse to doubt her.

now she holds in her hand.
the only way back to land.
and all you can do is wait.
as she seals your fate.

bridge.
oh, you know.
exactly what she can do to you.
but you don't seem to mind.
that your heart is blind.

oh, she knows.
just what she'll do to you.
but she can't break.
what you don't let her take.