I'm not alone, I really believe You never go, You never leave Here and now, You always stay And "I love you" could not be said a better way Chorus It's everything You've promised There's no greater love than this From prophets until today A man laying down His life for His friends Your sacrifice has spoken, You gave everything And "I love you" could not be said A better way I am forgiven, I clearly see It's why You came to do all you did for me Trading earth with heaven, You took my place "I love you" could not be said A better way Chorus It's everything You've promised There's no greater love than this From prophets until today A man laying down His life for His friends Your sacrifice has spoken, You gave everything And "I love you" could not be said A better way Because You redeem, I know what's to come Everything I could lose here, You've already won So You have my surrender, with passion obey "I love you" could not be said A better way

Will we ever talk again the way we used to? Is it time to have our last words tattooed? Does your mom still ask if I'm doing alright? Do the songs we used to sing keep you up at night? The ones that go "ooooh" Not not missing you I'll keep justifying the reasons I let you go And the version of myself I pretend to know Until another life where I decide to stay It's better this way Guess we were meant to be, just not to last And to your next girl, I'll be just a part of your past Still, will you think of me and all the good? 'Cuz I'll play our song when I pass your neighborhood All you'll hear is "ooooh" Tired of missing you I'll keep justifying the reasons we're both better off And I'll tell my friends that our spark just happened to get lost And when my sister asks how you're doing again these days It's better this way A shout for help Turned into a whisper What I'd do to hear you say "I still miss her" I'll continue to be misunderstood But if I could go back, I would I know we'll never talk again the way we used to Still I want to waste some ink on a tattoo

Say that we're through Since you've been gone, you don't feel blue Say we should part We've come too far to know where to start But I see the wind in the trees And the sound is so far away So please don't say, it's better this way Say it's not right We just don't work, and god knows we tried Say I was wrong Now you can see it was me all along But I read this chapter again The same one I read yesterday So please don't say, it's better this way I know we're back here again The same place we find ourselves in I'm not pretending that everything's fine I have no words of my own To unsow the seeds we have sown All I am asking is baby be kind Say that it's gone I should let go, try to move on Say that it's true You couldn't wait, you found someone new But I cannot tell you a lie My heart, it breaks every day So please don't say it's better this way So please don't say it's better this way

Got no business crying, living out beyond the blue High on paper mountain, where you live the lie you choose Turn to face your neighbors and you never meet an eye The currents overtake, the ink's not even dry High on paper mountain, where the black river flows Where peace is just a legend no one knows But the old gods have fallen, people watched them go So will paper mountain You're reading that old story, it's a dire circumstance You comment on the image, a little face behind the fence The mission bells are ringing for a mother and a child You say all the news is bad and you're on to something else High on paper mountain, where the black river flows Peace is just a legend and no one knows But the old gods have fallen, the people watched them go So will paper mountain The desert night is stirring as paper mountain moves The Rio's running wild and the cactus are in bloom She's clinging to her freedom and her peace beneath the stars The eagle spreads her talons, there's a rattle in the dark High on paper mountain, where the black river flows Where peace is just a legend and no one knows But the old gods have fallen, the people watched them go So will paper mountain

How long, how long must I run 'Fore my shadows have left my side for good Until my eyes can no longer lie as they do But oh, how soon, how soon will you fly Away where your angel once stood Next to nothing, his heart was pure and seemed true Well, my dear, my dearest friend Wild and troubled, is it my cold hands you fear Or the world that lies behind their touch Oh, how soon, how soon will you fly? Away to a kinder hope, its clear Next to nothing a world I'll never know Oh, how long, how long must I seek Stones this world has left unturned And hold them high, just before they're thrown And oh, how soon, how soon will you fly? My eyes can no longer wait unknowing 'Cause next to nothing you are all I want And next to nothing you are all I want

Old man give me endless time Never let these ties sever It's breaking bottles in the yard Never still my mind again Mmm Like old ties and companions Just sittin' on the fence The tunes we've carried through the years will change And man, that's just enough To keep these ghosts around those haunted fields Mmm Like old ties and companions You and I, we're just passing through It's a hundred thousand miles of lonely track Holding back tomorrow Someday I'll hop along and ride it home But old ties and companions We never leave alone So old man give me endless time, never let these ties sever 'Cause heaven knows and all this fooling around These times won't last forever, after all

These excuses are useless We've run aground again Another day in the gutter Making one for every year we've spent together My baby used to sing all night Now she's sound asleep She settled down with a ramblin' man And found the gentle side of me We'll make time, and take time But maybe I'm no good 'Cause I have showed her these lies Long enough to know now that I should My baby used to sing all night Now she's sound asleep She settled down with a ramblin' man And found the gentle side of me Moments, just fleeting times With little wings of gold Remind us of how rare we find True love in every sign We're gettin' older My baby used to sing all night Now she's sound asleep She settled down with a ramblin' man And found the gentle side of me

Take this heart of gold and melt it down And I'll come around I'll come around I'm treading lightly in your eyes Honey, I can't live a lie But a life without you could never steal me now With so much time to spend Why paint this house again? When the floorboards creak and pull you from your slumber Well, I'd hold you 'til the end But honey, even oaks must bend If we intend to stick with one another So take this heart of gold and melt it down And I'll come around I'll come around I'm treading lightly in your eyes And honey, I can't live a lie But a life without you could never steal me now Out the door and down the drive There's a part of me that tries To keep that highway's call to me away And another, further still That sadly never will Feel at home no matter how long I may stay So take this heart of gold and melt it down And I'll come around I'll come around I'm treading lightly in your eyes And honey, I can't live a lie But a life without you could never steal me now