Passenger - A Thousand Matches lyrics
[Passenger - A Thousand Matches lyrics]
Lying on a mattress cause my friend's
Crazy sister took my bed away
Sleeping she looked like an actress
In theory and in practice
I said there's got to be a better way
She said you light a thousand matches
When you finally set fire will you run away?
So why'd you go and do it
When you knew that you would
Go and I would stay?
I hit the wall in frustration
The conversation had been circling for days
She said don't take it out on him
For the wall has always been
Supportive in the best of ways
We're laughing and crying like madmen
Dying in the snow
For just one second it was funny that she
Would have to stay and I would go
And I said love, you know, I love you so
When you love someone well you've
Gotta let 'em know
She said "Nothing's changed
I love you the same when you love someone
Sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
She handed me a stone in the
Perfect shape of a heart
She said I'm gonna take this home
For I know you'll only lose
It somewhere after dark
In some faceless hotel room
You seem to lose everything you know
She didn't mean it how it sounded
What she meant was she would
Stay and I would go
And I said love, you know, I love you so
When you love someone well you've
Gotta let 'em know
She said "Nothing's changed
I love you the same when you love someone
Sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
Sometimes you tear it all apart
To see the wood from the trees
Sometimes you break your own heart
To set yourself free
I walked her to the station
Hesitation in our movements and our tone
Words finally left after realizing
How uncomfortable they'd grown
See, what you want and what you need, well
They seldomly succeed to grow
We reluctantly agreed that when
You love someone you gotta let them go
Crazy sister took my bed away
Sleeping she looked like an actress
In theory and in practice
I said there's got to be a better way
She said you light a thousand matches
When you finally set fire will you run away?
So why'd you go and do it
When you knew that you would
Go and I would stay?
I hit the wall in frustration
The conversation had been circling for days
She said don't take it out on him
For the wall has always been
Supportive in the best of ways
We're laughing and crying like madmen
Dying in the snow
For just one second it was funny that she
Would have to stay and I would go
And I said love, you know, I love you so
When you love someone well you've
Gotta let 'em know
She said "Nothing's changed
I love you the same when you love someone
Sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
She handed me a stone in the
Perfect shape of a heart
She said I'm gonna take this home
For I know you'll only lose
It somewhere after dark
In some faceless hotel room
You seem to lose everything you know
She didn't mean it how it sounded
What she meant was she would
Stay and I would go
And I said love, you know, I love you so
When you love someone well you've
Gotta let 'em know
She said "Nothing's changed
I love you the same when you love someone
Sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
Sometimes you tear it all apart
To see the wood from the trees
Sometimes you break your own heart
To set yourself free
I walked her to the station
Hesitation in our movements and our tone
Words finally left after realizing
How uncomfortable they'd grown
See, what you want and what you need, well
They seldomly succeed to grow
We reluctantly agreed that when
You love someone you gotta let them go