The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (Russian: Реги́нa Ильи́нична Спе́ктор, IPA: [rʲɪˈɡʲinə ˈspʲɛktər], English: /rɨˈdʒiːnə ˈspɛktər/; born February 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered in New York City's East Village.
Spektor was born in Moscow, Soviet Union in 1980 to a musical Russian Jewish family. Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and amateur violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Soviet college of music and now teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York. She has a brother Barry (Bear), who was featured in track 7, "* * *", or "Whisper", of her 2004 album, Soviet Kitsch.
She learned how to play piano by practising on a Petrof upright that was given to her mother by her grandfather. She was also exposed to the music of rock and roll bands such as The Beatles, Queen, and The Moody Blues by her father, who obtained such recordings in Eastern Europe and traded cassettes with friends in the Soviet Union. The family left the Soviet Union in 1989, when Regina was nine and a half, during the period of Perestroika, when Soviet citizens were permitted to emigrate. Regina had to leave her piano behind. The seriousness of her piano studies led her parents to consider not leaving the USSR, but they finally decided to emigrate, due to the ethnic and political discrimination that Jews faced. Spektor is fluent in Russian and reads Hebrew, and has since paid tribute to her Russian heritage, quoting the poem February by the Russian poet Boris Pasternak in her song Après Moi, and stating “I’m very connected to the language and the culture.”
Ryan Lewis | |
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Ryan Lewis (back) performing with Macklemore (front) at Sasquatch! Music Festival |
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Background information | |
Born | Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
March 25, 1988
Origin | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupations | Producer, DJ |
Years active | 2006–present |
Associated acts | Macklemore |
Website | rlewis.com |
Ryan Lewis (born March 25, 1988) is an American music producer, musician, music video director, photographer, graphic designer, rapper and DJ currently based in Seattle. He is best known for his collaboration with American rapper Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) producing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The VS. EP (2009), The Heist (2012) and a handful of other singles. Since the beginning of their collaboration in late 2008, Ryan has produced, recorded, engineered and mixed all of the music, directed music videos ("Same Love", "Thrift Shop", "And We Danced", "Otherside (Remix)"), designed visuals (album art, web design, posters) and DJed the live show.
In a recent mini-documentary, Lewis recalled meeting Macklemore for the first time. "When I met him, it was a really different time. It was less than a year after [2005's] Language of My World had come out. So he had buzz. For me being a young kid, it was very exciting to link with him. The bulk of our original relationship was photo shoots. I became kind of his photographer."[1]
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On October 9, 2012, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released The Heist. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums, selling 78,000 copies in the first week.[2] The album also debuted at #1 on iTunes Digital Albums chart.[3] The duo's album has received more than 1 million plays on SoundCloud, 70 million YouTube views and was accompanied by a sold-out 50-date U.S. and Canadian tour.[4]
(All credited to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||
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US [5] |
US R&B [6] |
US Rap [7] |
AUS [8] |
BEL (FL) [9] |
CAN [10] |
FR [11] |
NZ [12] |
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The Heist (with Macklemore) |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 4 | 186 | 24 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Tracklist |
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The VS. EP |
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The VS. Redux |
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US [15] |
US Alt. [16] |
US R&B [17] |
US Rap [18] |
AUS [8] |
CAN [19] |
FRA [20] |
GER [21] |
IRL [22] |
NZ [12] |
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"My Oh My" (with Macklemore) |
2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Heist | |
"Wing$"[A] (with Macklemore) |
2011 | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Can't Hold Us" (with Macklemore featuring Ray Dalton) |
113 | — | 39 | — | — | — | 186 | — | 24 | — | |||
"Same Love"[B] (with Macklemore featuring Mary Lambert) |
2012 | 117 | — | 36 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
"Thrift Shop" (with Macklemore featuring Wanz) |
1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 13 | 1 | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Dominic Edward Cooper (born 2 June 1978) is an English actor. He has worked in TV, film, theatre and radio, in productions including Mamma Mia!, The Duchess, The History Boys, The Devil's Double, and Captain America: The First Avenger.
Cooper was born and brought up in Greenwich, London, the son of Julia (née Heron), a nursery school teacher, and Brian Cooper, an auctioneer. His maternal great-grandfather was film enthusiast E.T. Heron, who published The Kinematograph Weekly. He attended the Thomas Tallis School in Kidbrooke, London, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2000. He also attended John Ball Primary School, the same school that actor Jude Law attended.
He first worked in television and film before making his stage debut in Mother Clap's Molly House at the National Theatre in 2001.
Cooper was involved in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys from its first reading. He also toured with the production to Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong as well as appearing in the radio and film adaptations of the play.
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
Este nuevo amanecer
Es abrir la puerta de mis años
Sin saber por que
Esta vida nunca pasa en vano
Siempre hay un después
Y vivir en este mundo
Es algo muy difícil de ejercer.
Busco eternas primaveras
Que renazcan a la vida
Huracán de emociones
Me confunden, me dominan.
Mi vida es transparente todavía
La flor que se abre a plena luz del día
Mi primer amor
Lo siento tan directo al corazón.
Hoy descubro que es amar
Un abrazo, una caricia plena
Algo mas que dar
Es el sueño que ahora me libera
Mi otra verdad
En mis quince soy mujer en realidad.
Busco eternas primaveras
Que renazcan a la vida
Huracán de emociones
Me confunden, me motivan.
Mi vida es transparente todavía
La flor que se abre a plena luz del día
Mi primer amor
Lo siento tan directo al corazón.
Another forced out smile
Another stupid story
Breakfast in the bathroom
I can’t do this one more day
What’s in my back pocket
What happened to my face
Some years I cant remember
They don’t seem so far away
Putting on my headphones
Walking down the stairs
I thought I might be dying
But it’s just too hard to change
Don’t think about the next day now
its all that I can bear
Cant see how we do it
It’s not a problem
It’s not fair
There’s so much more to tell you;
All the bad things that I've done today
And then again tomorrow
But I swallowed it away
And I just kept on drinking
I wasn’t even talking
I surely wasn’t making
so you decide to get up today
not that it matters anyway.
and you know
you'll drive yourself insane someday.
there's a good chance it might be today.
i'm almost done here. [x4]
so you wake up feeling stupid.
what did you do?
who did you call?
friends remind you what you told them
and the bruises all make sense now.
and you wake up feeling stupid.
what did you do?
who did you call?
and the bruises all make sense now.
and it feels like it's all gone. [x3]
(i'm trying to go slow
i'm trying to make you notice
i'm trying to make it to your show on time
i don't know why you think you can get away with
something like that
____ so goddamn cool)
then i think of you
and i think about _
__ good they are
i'm trying ____
i think about how you looked at her that day
i think about how she looked at me just looking at you
both
looking so goddamn cool
remember what exactly i'm looking for
to break your heart or is it my heart i want broken so
And your legs are running
Running all over this town
and I will try to catch you
(I’ll try ) I’ll try to slow you down
It’s impossible to think
or just say how I will act
when I come right out and tell you
this is love and that’s a fact
well this is love and that’s a fact x2
this is love.
its unfortunate that all your friends are junkies
I will not mock or judge them
‘cos once or twice I’ve been there too
Learn to lose a lot from love
Learn to try and try again
Learn to be the one that helps
Learn to not give up on friends
Learn to not give up on friends
Learn to not give up on friends
Learn to not give up
I’ve wanted you for so long
thoughts of you they fill my heart
we should take off all our clothes
I’m sure you’re the one for me
I’ll catch up to you some day
or maybe you’ll just slow down
And I will ask if I’m the one
If you could ever really ever be with me x7
Could you really ever be with me
And this is how
it all ended
with a message
and pretending
There is nothing
I could say now
You won’t listen
You shut me out
Its not always
about you
I will not stand
to go through this
‘cause your angry
and I’m meeting
all the silence
cos I’m crazy
and the tv
doesn’t help me
I am needy
so don’t make things
all about me
This is awkward
and im nervous
I took your hand
and ran with it
To the rumour?
So I will write out all the words
To all the songs that hold mysteries
And everything that could go wrong
All the trouble and the …..?
Im blaming all the things I could
On every one around me
And in my head I knew its over
But it will take me four more days
And ill consider 15 hours
And ill consider not going crazy
I gave it everything I had
and left it all….?
And we are not friends
And I have gave you
A million signs
And I have begged you
Plese don’t hold this against you
I am not well
I cant do this
I am sorry I am leaving
There is nothing you can say
And after all that could have been
Were still fighting for our stories
And I wish all my friends could all
Laugh with each other
And all my friends
Could all cheer with each other
And my friends could all
Forgive each other
And all my friends could all
And I will wait
And I will wait
For you to call or come home
I will wait
Thinking only good things
I will wait
And I will wait
(Wait for you)
And I will wait
For you to call or come home
I will wait
Thinking only good things
I will wait
I will wait
I will wait
I will wait for you
I will wait
For you to call or come home
I will wait
Thinking only good things
I will wait
I will wait
And I will wait
This is the last time
I will wait
I said this is the last time
And everything will be alright today
And everything will be alright today
And everything will be alright today
And everything will be alright today
And everything will be alright today
And everything will be alright today
And everything will be alright today
And everything will be alright today
And everything will be alright today (I will wait)
And everything will be alright today (I will wait)
And everything will be alright today (For you to call
or come home)
And everything will be alright today (I will wait)
And everything will be alright today (Thinking only
good things)
And everything will be alright today (I will wait)
And everything will be alright today (For you to call
or come home)
And everything will be alright today (I will wait)
And everything will be alright today (Thinking only
watch the days go by here
it's getting to and won't come through
my friends left me for someone new
and i am still just confused
____
but some things just won't come out right
i started not to try
someone please remind me
i'll trust what we wish was true sometimes
in the end we'll all just feel dumb
and now i'm stuck in this
i'm so bored
nothing's ever worth it.
i'll watch it all go by.
and i'll wait for you to smile.
I need to find just one thing
To believe, to make it through
Just today, just for now
That has nothing to do with you
I guess I miss you
Just as much as I don't like you
Like I hold a little time
I just can't grab on to
Or even find
I'll just say, I'll just tell you
I feel awful when I'm around you
I'll be screaming when I walk away thinking of your
face
I wish I loved like I did
Like you use to
It's overwhelming
I feel backwards when you leave
'Cause I don't fit in here
And you never know
'Cause I don't fit in here
And you never know
I might feel better if I hit somebody
Instead of just admitting that I need somebody
Guess I always thought I'd have you to hold onto
And now you're gone
I need for you to look at me
And feel alone, and feel bad
And all the times you thought you cared
(This is the only way I'm ever really getting through
you)
'Cause I don't fit in here
And you never know
'Cause I don't fit in here
And you never know
And it feels this way always
Every time you come around here
And it feels this way always
Every time I open my mouth
And it feels this way always
Every time you come around here
And it feels this way always
Every time I open my mouth
And it feels this way always
Every time you come around here
And it feels this way always
i've been sitting here for an hour.
i guess you just forgot to say hello
pretend that you never saw me here.
so someone broke your heart,
i'm breaking mine.
'cause you just don't have enough _
to know it's done.
i don't think you understand how this feels.
i haven't called you in a week.
yeah, i know it's a been a long time.
no, nothing, nevermind.
i was just talking to myself.
'cause you really don't deserve
to know how i feel anyway.
you can just go home and play all of
your stupid rock and roll
try on all your brand new leather pants
'cause damn, they look so good on you now.
i still don't get why you asked me to call.
i guess you had too much to drink
and you needed someone else to want you.
this isn't fun anymore.
it's all just a little too much karma
coming back to get me all at once.
so i won't look to see if you're still here
when i _
although it doesn't matter that much to me.
you can do that sexy dance
to make sure everyone still wants you
when the night is over
and you still don't have someone to
and you can just go home all by yourself
and play that music really loud
so no one hears you when you start to cry all by
yourself.
i've done it all to myself this time.
and i've done it to myself again
i've done it all to myself this time.
there's no one else to blame.
you're just in my way.
and if i see you, it can make me have a bad day.
please just go away.
there's no one else to blame here
you're just in my way
sometimes i feel like throwing up
please just go home.
'cause i've done it to myself
there's no one else to blame here.
talk to myself more
figure out exactly what went wrong
and you'll be yourself
tell me how much there that i'm just myself
could be lying
and i would never know
please
i'm sorry i just can't pull that off
i'm not
really just fit just fine
i'm not as beautiful as you
maybe you can play guitar
maybe you could be my wife
maybe you could always show up on time
please
really doesn't seem like
you're not what i'm waiting for
oh god, this is just so retarded
'cause i'll probably change my mind.
someday i know things have to get better.
someday i know things have to get better.
someday i know things have to get better.
i'm just
met this girl
in some band and she was rocking out like _
'cause she's a rock star
please
i'm not lying
did you think _
she won't talk to me
I really should have seen it coming
Don't know why I feel betrayed
Kind of knew that when you left me
I would be the one you blamed
How you never thought about it
And just what you put me through
If you think I think you're lying
Well, it's all because of you
And you were there and I was dreaming
I found all of your cocaine
And I thought you would be sorry
And I thought I'd feel the same
I would wake up again crying
Thinking 'what a stupid game'
So you think you might stop drinking
Holding onto all these things
And you are not here
And I need you
And you are not here
And I need you
And you are not here…
And we'll go back
And we'll go back
And we'll see what might have been
And we'll see what might have been
And we'll go back
And we'll go back
And we'll see what might have been
And we'll see what might have been
And I will be the one who will come to save you
And I will be the one who will always save you
And I will be the one who will come to save you
And this song
Couldn’t be about now
I see it
In the way you talk about yourself
I gave up
And I drink until my insides all fall out
I’ve killed time
And I wouldn’t want to know
You think you know me
As done back in mid 2003
And I laugh now
I’ve been laughing this whole goddamn time
Someone save me
Someone save me
Please please save me
Someone save me
Someone save me
Dear God someone save me
Someone please save me
Someone save me
Oh please save me
Please someone save me
Someone please save me
Someone save me
Someone save me
I’ve sat in circles
I cannot ….
I’ve seen in mirrors
And I’ve seen everything so close
Something different
But the words I couldn’t bare
The look in your face
Thinking as I said this was the end
Someone save me
Someone save me
Please please save me
Someone save me
Someone save me
Dear God someone save me
Someone please save me
Someone save me
Oh please save me
Please someone save me
Someone please save me
Someone save me
Maybe if I did something real
You would like me more
And all of this would just go away
So please don't give it a second thought
'Cause I never did when I met you
Well, I guess it's all come back to me now
And you're all so sad
And that's just too bad
'Cause you always had
That chance to make it
Better in your head (head)
And I don't want her and I can't have her (If you knew
exactly how I felt)
Of course that's what they said (You wouldn't like me
anymore)
And you always do what they say
But of course you'll always do what they say
And you're all I want in this world
And you're all I think of all the time
I don't know why (Seems to like me)
Making everyone mad
They didn't like me
And you're all so sad and it's just too bad
'Cause you always had
That chance to make things (I wanted you to like me)
Seem better (I wanted you to like me)
In your own head (I wanted you to like me)
But of course you always do what they say
And of course you always do what they do
This girl is in a rock show
She'll rock it out like no one can
I'll stare at her
'Cause she's a rock star
She won't talk to me
'Cause she's a rock star
'Cause she's a rock star
'Cause she's a rock star
'Cause she's a rock star
'Cause she's a rock star
'Cause she's a rock star
what will you do with me?
i don't believe this really makes me sad.
if this was fun, i wouldn't do this.
i'm trying to be fair.
are you missing something?
did you lose the game?
are you missing last year?
just get away.
did it mess you up?
this wasn't in the plan.
i wish you weren't trying to do this.
you might hate me for it later.
are you missing last year?
are you missing me?
so i've lost this game.
please go away.
please go away.
i hope you feel like you've lost this game.
i hope you feel like you're missing something.
i hope you cry when you get home. [x4]
and the more i hear the more i want to leave this town
behind and leave all of you crying all over someone
that you just can't have again love again drink again
find someone else that you know,
cause you know it will make you feel better cause you
better feel something why else would you be here?
just say, "i love you sweet-heart."
i'll be yours tonight
just say, "i love you sweet-heart."
i'll make you stronger.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
i'm sorry if you all have some sexual confusion
it's too late for that can't you see what you've done?
i don't sleep with my friends i don't lie when i need
it i'm doing my best not to lead you on.
it's just too bad that i've been there myself and it's
just too bad that i'm so much like all of you.
just say, "i love you sweet-heart."
it's not wrong at all
just say, "i love you sweet-heart."
i want to make you stronger and
you won't be wrong at all this time.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
it's not wrong at all.
can't even breathe in here i can't even look at you
tell me how it feels when they all start to laugh at
you tell me how it feels when they all start to laugh
at you tell me how it feels when they all start to
laugh at you tell me how it feels when they all start
to laugh at you
when they all start to laugh at you
lost again
disappear from everyone
stuck between
where i need to go
and where i'm going.
they always said it was stupid.
don't you know that's the only way to hurt me?
and i guess i'll go away now
if all i can do is hurt you.
it's all what you think it is
it's all the same in my head.
forget myself in this
forget myself in this
forget myself from everything.
please forgive me.
they always said it was stupid.
don't you know that's the only way to hurt me?
and i guess i'll go away now.
we'd all like to think that we're the pretty one
and we'd all like to think that what we do is better than
what everyone else does
and we'd all like to think that we can get the girl
and we'd all like to think that we're the unselfish one
why can it be good until someone else likes it?
and why can't it be good if everyone else has it?
and why do we all think everyone's in love with us?
and why do we say "it's better" when we know we're the
best?
'cause we'd all like to think that we're the pretty one
and we'd all like to think that what we do is better than
what everyone else does
and we'd all like to think that we can get the girl
and we'd all like to think that we're the unselfish one
why do we act so humble when we're all just hung up on
ourselves?
why do we act so humble when we're all just hung up on
ourselves?
why do we act so humble when we're all just hung up on
ourselves?
what do i act so humble?
I go to the show
I guess I'll see you there
I hope that your down
I'm waiting for it
And we'll sing a song
Remembering when
It feels the same now
I'll never grow up
The x on your eyes
I'm smiling and nod now
I miss how it was
But I won’t forget
I'm happy for you
Like I was when you told me
We'll just leave them there and
Never look back
And this could be
The way you wanted
But I don't think there's a way around this
Whoever thought we'd both end up here
Remembering everyone who’s loved us
We got it all, now you’re back to see more
I’m really glad that I’m with you this time
And there was a time
I thought I would make it
I thought I would leave you
I thought you'd forget
And I can be the one you wanted
All of the time
Everything you dream of
I wish I knew where I fucked up with you
And you could know I would be here waiting
I think you know I'd do anything for you
No matter what, at this point, it’s worth it
You never know who you’ll end up with here
So that day when you all realize
It was never worth it
The pain in your eyes would be enough
To make me smile
To make me smile
So don't you say that I don't feel sorry for you anymore
You told me too much and that's always the worst mistake
to make
So that's what you get for falling in love
And that's what you get for trusting her that much
'Cause don't you say that I don't feel sorry for you
It seems all my friends have been falling for someone
these days
And that kind of thing just really isn't my scene
And I don't regret ever sending you that Christmas card
And I don't regret never telling you goodbye.
And I am such a liar
'Cause if I could have it my way
I'd tell you everything
And this whole thing is driving me insane
Never see you around
i could know that you're lying sometimes.
i guess so you can get through this time.
you could be more aware than all them.
{i don't care}
i could be more aware
{someone told}
than you think.
{the one i love}
don't forget the one you love.
don't forget the one you love.
you're such a joke.
of everyone
just take a look
just give up, i don't care.
i should've told the one i love.
am i just someone new in this game?
guess we won't know till the end.
_ just confuse why i'm here,
'cause you don't feel the same.
{should've told the one i love}
the one i love
the one i love
turn it on, turn it on
don't forget the one you love
get it off, get it off
don't forget the one you love
did you always do what they say?
{don't forget the one you love}
get it off, get it off
did you always do what they say?
{don't forget the one you love}
turn it on, turn it on
maybe it's the rain.
maybe it's my head.
maybe it's not sad.
maybe it's not like yesterday.
we can just be friends.
i guess it's my turn now.
let me buy you a drink.
i'm glad we figured this all out.
i didn't expect to cry
i didn't expect you to say that
didn't know what you thought
i didn't want to feel used.
but of course i'll be there watching you want them
wanting to tell them
telling you nothing.
but of course i'll be there
telling you nothing
telling you nothing
telling you nothing.
maybe it's the rain.
maybe it's not sad.
it's all upside down.
it's all turned around.
i'm all inside out.
and i'm going down.
but of course i'll be there watching you want them
wanting to tell them
telling you nothing.
nothing to say.
but of course i'll be there
watching you want them
wanting to tell them
telling you nothing
nothing to say
nothing to say