Story Behind the Song
About being stuck in a relationship with someone who you just don't connect with.
Lyrics
HE GOES TO BED WITH SO MUCH LEFT TO BE SAID
NOTHING TO DO AT ALL, BUT READ THE WRITING ON THE WALL
HER LIPS BRUSH PAST HIS CHEEK, BUT AS HE TURNS TO HER TO SPEAK
SHE DRIFTS INTO A SLUMBER, NUMBNESS BUZZING ROUND HER HEAD
NOTHING TO HOLD ON TO, HE SITS ALONE AND SAYS
HOW COULD I BE SO MISLED?
CHORUS: SHE IS NEAR BUT SHE’S SO FAR AWAY
SHE WAS SO DEAR JUST YESTERDAY
SHE IS HERE, BUT SHE’S GONE FOR TODAY
AND THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO,
NOTHING I CAN DO
ANOTHER LONELY DAY, CAN’T LIFT THE PILLOW FROM HIS HEAD
NOT MUCH TO GET UP FOR WHEN YOUR DREAMS HAVE WASHED AWAY
DROWNING IN THE DRUNKEN WATERS OF DENIAL
ALONE HE SAID, ALONE HE SAYS
REPEAT CHORUS (‘BOUT IT)
SOLO ( OOH LA LA OOH LA LA...)
NOTHING I CAN DO, NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT
ANOTHER LONELY NIGHT SHE STILL SLUMBERS TO HIS RIGHT
HE WHISPERS TO HER HOW HE FEELS,
BUT SHE’S ASLEEP AND DOESN’T HEAR
& AS THE STARTS WILL FADE, HE SLEEPS IN THE BED HE MADE
KNOWING ALL TOO WELL, HE’S STILL LONELY, BUT NOT ALONE
HOLDING ON TO NOTHING, ALL ALONE HE SAYS
HOW COULD I BE SO MISLED?
REPEAT CHORUS
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