I Can Barely Say

Album: Scars & Stories (2012)
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  • I said I told you everything but I left something out
    Underneath the stairwell
    That I'm under lock and key, but you can probably tell
    A powder keg in a prison cell

    I wanna return but all you will do is turn to leave
    If I can find my way home, will you take hold of me?
    I've been gone so long
    I can barely say
    All I know is now I want to stay
    Has it been too long since I went away?
    Cause I'm trying to find the words but I can barely say

    Well I used to be the sun
    Waiting silently but they barely noticed me
    But I've been talking in my sleep when anybody sees they turn and run from me

    I want to return but all you will do is turn to leave
    If I can find my way home, will you take hold of me?
    Cause I've been gone so long
    I can barely say
    All I know is now I want to stay
    Has it been too long since I went away?
    Cause I'm trying to find the words but I can barely say

    I wanted to run
    I wanted to love and be loved in return
    But will I ever get back, do I know too much to return

    I've been gone so long, I can barely say
    All I know is now I wanna stay
    Has it been too long since I went away?
    Cause I'm trying to find the words but I can barely say Writer/s: Isaac Slade, Joseph King
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Wixen Music Publishing
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