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You And Me


Maybe you're right

Maybe I'm giving up

Maybe tonight

Is the first time

I don't need you

To make it alright

And I thought

That would be alright

Maybe I'm letting go

Just a little bit

And maybe

It feels pretty damn good

 

Maybe you're wrong

Maybe I don't want you

The way I used to

But you weren't there

You were never there

When the flame went out

And I was left alone

In the cold

Waiting

By a phone

That never rang

I waited so long for you

For a dream

That never came true

So maybe you're right

Maybe I gave up

Because I had nothing left

To hold on to

 

Maybe you're right

Maybe I stopped

And backed up

Maybe I was all wrong

And maybe you were always strong

And maybe

I saw this coming all along

Maybe I wanted it to end

And maybe

I got sick of playing pretend

It doesn't really matter

Either way

When one of us

Doesn't want to stay

Doesn't feel the need

Or the lick of passion

Doesn't bleed

When the other leaves

Maybe

I just need me

And maybe

I'm okay with that

 

Maybe 

I was in love once

And you beat it out of me

All this time

All the balancing

Always crossing the line

Resting gently on truth and lies

And maybe

I got sick

Of hiding 

All the damn time

You were right

I did love you

I loved you a lot

But I forgot

To love myself first

And maybe

I'm just not okay with that anymore

 

So if you're not okay

And I can't make you okay

Then this love

Isn't okay

And I can't wait

For it to be over

So we can finally get there

Get back

To feeling better

And maybe

Just maybe

We can look back

And just maybe

You'll see

What I always saw

When it came to you and me

 

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