I ve been trying for hours just to think of what exactly to say
I thought I d leave you with a letter or firey speech
Like when an actor makes an exit at the end of a play


And I ve been dying for hours trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
I d like to know how you faded and you threw it away
I d like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant


Well I could tell you good-bye or maybe see you around
With just a touch of a sarcastic thanks
We started out with a bang and at the top of the world
Now the guns are exhausted
The bullets are blanks


And everything s blank


Chorus:


If I could only find the words then I would write it all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
Oh it s there in my eyes so can t you see me tonight


C mon and look at me and read em and weep


chorus


I ve been whispering softlytrying to build a cry up to a scream
We let the past slip awayand put the future on hold
Now the present is nothing but a hollowed out dream


And I ve been dying for hours trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
I d like to know why you faded and you threw it away
I d like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant


Well I could tell you good-bye or maybe see you around
With just a touch of a sarcastic thanks
But now the rooms are all emptythe candles are dark
The guns are exhausted
The bullets are blanksand everything s blank


chorus


It s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart
It s running silent and angry and deep
It s there in my eyes and it s all I can sayc mon and look at me and read em and weep


Read em and weep - for all the hours we ll be spending alone
Read em and weep - for the dreams we ll ignore
Running silent and deep -And all those promises we promised to keep
they won t be kept anymore


Read em and weep - for the magic that our bodies had made
Read em and weep - for the blood that we lost
Running silent and deep - and all the secrets that we somehow betrayed
For whatever the cost


Read em and weep - for the memories still alive in the bed
Read em and weep - for the lies we believed
Running silent and deep - and all the things that can never be said
Why don t you look at me and read em and weep
C mon and look at me and read em and weep


It s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart
It s running silent and angry and deep
It s here in my eyes and it s all I can say
C mon look at me and read em and weep

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