Another amazing song from Staind. Not an emo sounding track, but those lyrics speak to me and most likely, to anyone who's been in a serious long-term relationship. It kinda sounds like a toxic relationship, but I would argue, this is what it means to be committed to someone. There's highs and lows in a relationship. If you want to make it stick though, both parties have to be willing to give in every once in awhile.
I know I've been mistaken
But just give me a break and see the changes that I've made
I've got some imperfections
But how could you collect them all and throw them in my face?
But you always find a way
To keep me right here waiting
You always find the words to say
To keep me right here waiting
And if you chose to walk away
I'd still be right here waiting
Searching for the things to say
To keep you right here waiting
I hope you're not intending
To be so condescending, it's as much as I can take
But you're so independent
You just refuse to bend so I keep bending 'til I break
But you always find a way
To keep me right here waiting
You always find the words to say
To keep me right here waiting
If you chose to walk away
I'd still be right here waiting
Searching for the things to say
To keep you right here waiting
I've made a commitment
I'm willing to bleed for you
I needed fulfillment
I found what I need in you
Why can't you just forgive me?
I don't want to relive all the mistakes I've made
Along the way
But I always find a way
To keep you right here waiting
I always find the words to say
To keep you right here waiting
But you always find a way
To keep me right here waiting
You always find the words to say
To keep me right here waiting
And if I chose to walk away
Would you be right here waiting?
Searching for the things to say
To keep me right here waiting ♪ ♫ ♪
This song has aged well. Still so good. And I never really paid attention to the lyrics, but damn they are pretty good. I love how it is a song about forgiveness and fighting to save your relationship with your partner.
If you just walked away
What could I really say?
And would it matter anyway?
Would it change how you feel?
I am the mess you chose
The closet you cannot close
The devil in you I suppose
Because the wounds never heal
But everything changes, if I could
Turn back the years, if you could
Learn to forgive me, then I could
Learn to feel
Sometimes the things I say
In moments of disarray
Succumbing to the games we play
To make sure that it's real
But everything changes, if I could
Turn back the years, if you could
Learn to forgive me, then I could
Learn to feel
When it's just me and you
Who knows what we could do
If we can just make it through
The toughest part of the day
But everything changes, if I could
Turn back the years, if you could
Learn to forgive me, then I could
Learn how to feel, and we could
Stay here together, and we could
Conquer the world, and we could
Say that forever is more than just a word
If you just walked away
What could I really say?
And would it matter anyway?
It wouldn't change how you feel ♪ ♫ ♪
Here and now
After everything we thought we knew
Broken lies and shattered truths
Lost and found
Every memory that's bleeding through
They all just seem to lead me back to you ♪ ♫ ♪
