I thought you wanted a break But now you're lying in my bed the next day Is that your way of playing safe? Come and get what you want Chalk it up to a mistake And I don't know what to say, mmh I'm running out of words and expressions on my face Baby, I've been too afraid to tell you (too afraid to tell you) Just leave me before I love you Just leave me before I love you Just leave me before I love you Oh-oh, oh-oh Well, if you wanted a break Then why I'm still inside your head the next day? Is that your way of playing games?, yes 'Cause you don't know what you want But come over anyway Girl, I don't want you to stay, mmh But I'm running out of words and expressions on my face Baby, I've been too afraid to tell you (too afraid to tell you) Oh, oh Just leave me before I love you Just leave me before I love you Just leave me before I love you Oh-oh, oh-oh (So baby, won't you leave me?) Just leave me (Just leave me, babe) Before I love you (You really need me) Just leave me before I love you (And I don't wanna) Just leave me before I love you Oh-oh, oh-oh

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special I see you calling I didn't wanna leave you like that It's five in the morning, yeah, yeah A hundred on the dash Oh, once bitten and twice shy I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye Tell me, baby, do you recognize me? Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me Dancing on the edge, 'bout to take it too far It's messing with my head, how I mess with your heart If you wake up in your bed, alone in the dark I'm sorry, gotta leave before you love me Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special Last christmas (leave before you love me) The very next day (leave before you love me) This year, to save me from tears I'm sorry, gotta leave before you love me

Tell me what you're feeling Know you got a million reasons run Putting space between us cause you're Feeling like it's already done What time are you comin' home Never answering your phone Baby I won't ask anymore Now you're talking with a new tone Waiting up all alone Pickin' up my heart off the floor Caught my eye at seventeen Drenched my heart in gasoline This love ain't looking like What's in my dreams Carolina setting sun You were wild and born to run Say all the things you never said to me Before you leave Putting two and two together Well I guess I ain't the one anymore When things just getting frustratin' When we ain't communicatin' You're already halfway out the door When you're hiding in a disguise Never look in my eyes Guess we had a good run Well it ain't about the history Now it's kinda clear to me Damage is already done Caught my eye at seventeen Drenched my heart in gasoline This love ain't looking like What's in my dreams Carolina settin' sun You were wild and born to run Say all the things you never said to me Before you leave You've always been the one To burn things down Caught my eye at seventeen Ya drenched my heart in gasoline This love ain't looking like What's in my dreams Carolina settin' sun You were wild and born to run Say all the things you never said to me Before you leave Before you leave Before you leave Ahhh before you leave

To the right, to the right, to the right, To the left, to the left, to the left, Now kick, now kick, now kick, Now walkin' by yourself Down a lonely street

She sees them walking in a straight line That's not really her style They all got the same heartbeat But hers is falling behind Nothing in this world could Ever bring them down Yeah, they're invincible And she's just in the background And she says I wish that I could be like the cool kids 'Cause all the cool kids They seem to fit in I wish that I could be like the cool kids Like the cool kids He sees them talking with a big smile But they haven't got a clue Yeah, they're living the good life Can't see what he is going through They're driving fast cars But they don't know where they're going In the fast lane Living life without knowing And he says I wish that I could be like the cool kids 'Cause all the cool kids They seem to fit in I wish that I could be like the cool kids Like the cool kids I wish that I could be like the cool kids 'Cause all the cool kids They seem to get it I wish that I could be like the cool kids Like the cool kids And they said I wish that I could be like the cool kids 'Cause all the cool kids They seem to fit in I wish that I could be like the cool kids Like the cool kids I wish that I could be like the cool kids 'Cause all the cool kids They seem to get it I wish that I could be like the cool kids Like the cool kids I wish that I could be like the cool kids 'Cause all the cool kids They seem to get in I wish that I could be like the cool kids Like the cool kids

Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ayy, ayy Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Needless to say, I keep in check Things are all bad-bad, nevertheless (Yeah) Callin' it quits now, baby, I'm a wreck (Wreck) Back at that place, baby, you're a wreck (Wreck) Needless to say, I'm keeping in check Things are all bad-bad, nevertheless Callin' it quits now, baby, I'm a wreck Back at that place, baby, you're a wreck Thinkin' in a bad way, losin' your grip Screamin' at my face, baby, don't trip Someone took a big L, don't know how that felt Lookin' at you sideways, party on tilt Ooh, some things you just can't refuse She wanna go off on a cruise and I'm not tryna lose And you're left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya You're a sunflower, I think your love would be too much Or you'll be left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya You're the sunflower, you're the sunflower Every time I'm leavin' on ya You don't make it easy, no Wish I could be there for ya Give me a reason to go Every time I'm walkin' out I can hear you tellin' me to turn around Fightin' for my trust and you won't back down Even if we gotta risk it all right now, oh I know you're scared of the unknown You don't wanna be alone I know I always come and go But it's out of my control And you're left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya You're a sunflower, I think your love would be too much Or you'll be left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya You're the sunflower, you're the sunflower

First things first I'ma say all the words inside my head I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh ooh The way that things have been, oh ooh Second thing second Don't you tell me what you think that I can be I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh ooh The master of my sea, oh ooh I was broken from a young age Taking my sulking to the masses Write down my poems for the few That looked at me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me Singing from heartache from the pain Taking my message from the veins Speaking my lesson from the brain Seeing the beauty through the You made me a, you made me a believer, believer (Pain, pain) You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer (Pain) Oh let the bullets fly, oh let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from (Pain) You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Third things third Send a prayer to the ones up above All the hate that you've heard has Turned your spirit to a dove, oh ooh Your spirit up above, oh ooh I was choking in the crowd Building my rain up in the cloud Falling like ashes to the ground Hoping my feelings, they would drown But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing Inhibited, limited 'Til it broke up and it rained down It rained down, like You made me a, you made me a believer, believer (Pain, pain) You break me down, you built me up, believer, believer (Pain) I let the bullets fly, oh let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from (Pain) You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Last things last By the grace of the fire and the flames You're the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh ooh The blood in my veins, oh ooh But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing Inhibited, limited 'Til it broke up and it rained down It rained down, like You made me a, you made me a believer, believer (Pain, pain) You break me down, you built me up, believer, believer (Pain) I let the bullets fly, oh let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from (Pain) You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier When the morning comes When we see what we've become In the cold light of day, we're a flame in the wind Not the fire that we've begun Every argument Every word we can't take back 'Cause with all that has happened I think that we both know the way that this story ends Then only for a minute I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me I wanna raise your spirits I want to see you smile But know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier When the evening falls And I'm left there with my thoughts And the image of you being with someone else Well, it's eating me up inside But we ran our course We pretended we're okay Now if we jump together, at least we can swim Far away from the wreck we made Then only for a minute I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me I wanna raise your spirits I want to see you smile But know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier So I'll go, I'll go I will go, go, go Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier Even though I might not like this I think that you'll be happier I want you to be happier Then only for a minute (Only for a minute) I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me (Right to me) I wanna raise your spirits (Wanna raise your spirits) I want to see you smile But know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier So I'll go, I'll go I will go, go, go