she walks in the room
in her mind she's far away
i can see her emptiness
but i just don't feel her pain
the love is gone
the only thing she was living for
mister i'll never leave you
walked right out the door
it's killing me inside
the way i've seen her change
she writes her life story
but she can't turn the page
i hold her hand
try to take her but she pulls away
shades go down, lights go out
there's nothing left to say

so i'm singing

i want it all but i take just a little
i feel her touch then i need some more
we get high just to try and relieve the pain
but a voice inside reminds me
there must be a better way

so i leave the room
'bout halfway down the hall
i turn around, she screams out
"what, you don't believe in love?"
said i'll never be
who i was when i was seventeen
cause every time i walk away
i leave a piece of me

so i'm singing

i want it all but i take just a little
i feel her touch then i need some more
we get high just to try and relieve the pain
but a voice inside reminds me
there must be a better way

now i understand
what they were trying to say
life goes by too fast
and people change
but she just wants to be
who she always was
but you can't change a single thing
you might as well look up and sing

i, i take just a little
i, then i need some more
we get high to relieve the pain
but there is a voice inside me
saying you'd better walk away
and i take just a little
i, oh, to relieve the pain we get high
some things never change
but a voice inside reminds me
there must be, be better way