The Reasons Why

Album: 4:13 Dream (2008)
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  • I won't try to bring you down about my suicide
    Got no need to understand about my big surprise

    Oh I am falling through the sky
    You remember this?
    I am falling in their eyes
    You remember the kiss?

    I won't try to bring you down about my suicide
    Got no need to understand about my big surprise
    I won't beg to hang you up about my love of life
    If you promise not to sing about the reasons why

    I am writing you a letter
    Getting better
    Can I see you?
    When,
    All the lights go out together
    Blame the weather
    Yeah the cold again
    In the darkness for a second
    I am sure I see them smiling then
    I feel them calling me
    Yeah they are calling me

    And I am falling through the stars
    You remember now?
    Yeah I am falling in their arms
    You remember how?
    Oh I am falling through the sky
    You remember this ?
    I am falling in their eyes
    You remember the kiss?

    I won't try to pull you in about my sacrifice
    Makes no sense to get upset about the other side
    I won't beg to put you out about my right to die
    If you promise not to sing about the reasons why

    I am calling you at midnight
    Feeling alright, can I tell you?
    When?
    On the line no sound but my words
    Must be night birds on the wire again
    In the silence for a second
    I am sure I hear them laughing then
    I feel them calling me
    Yeah they are calling me

    I am falling through the stars
    You remember now
    Yeah, I am falling in their arms
    You remember how
    I am falling through the sky
    You remember this
    I am falling in their eyes
    You remember the kiss

    "We know"
    They said
    "You're holding on
    To nothing left of something gone"

    "We know"
    They said
    "In letting go
    Of fear and dread
    And all you know
    You'll lose the need of certainty
    And make-believe eternity
    To find the true reality
    In beautiful infinity"

    But I won't try to bring you down about my suicide
    If you promise not to sing about the reasons why Writer/s: JASON TOOP COOPER, PORL THOMPSON, ROBERT JAMES SMITH, SIMON GALLUP
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Betto from Ciudad De México, MexicoLa película El Rey León (The Lion King) menciona que, al morir, nos vamos a las estrellas. Esta canción me hace reflexionar que las estrellas me llaman y que deje de apegarme a quien no tiene ningún interés en mi. Una canción para divertirse, no para seguirla.
  • Brian from Alluhrst, Nji get the intro to this song confused with the intro from the prefect boy
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