Let's change the subject to someone else You know, lately, I've been subject to change Normally, I reel in the strange Hangover, I'm older You're one to talk, the heart is a clock Just like a bomb that keeps on tickin' away Counting down to detonate You will need an army disarmin' me It doesn't matter much to me If it doesn't matter much to you, ooh It doesn't matter much to me If it doesn't matter much to you It's just a matter of time, before, before It's just a matter of time, before, before And though I hate to rewind, before, before It's just a matter of time My past is getting us nowhere fast I was never one for takin' things slow Nowhere seems like somewhere to go Come over, and over Doin' my time for line after line When will I learn to sing these crimes to myself? Prisoners to share a cell with I'm holdin', still holdin', holdin' you in It doesn't matter much to me If it doesn't matter much to you, ooh It doesn't matter much to me If it doesn't matter much to you It's just a matter of time, before, before It's just a matter of time, before, before And though I hate to rewind, before, before It's just a matter of time Where the hell were you? Ooh Where the hell were you? Ooh Where the hell were you? It's just a matter of time, before, before It's just a matter of time, before, before And though I hate to rewind, before, before It's just a matter of time What does it matter now? What does it matter now? What does it matter now? What does it matter now? It's just a matter of time Time!

You're looking for a way out, I can feel it Come on, show me where it hurts, maybe I can heal it Your feelings are your own, now you keep them under lock and key You've got me driving through the streets for an answer to the mystery The world's still awake on Charleston Avenue Outside that vacant starlight motel I see you Laughing with your girlfriends Not a care in the world Not a burden on your mind It was a matter of time There's a panic in this house and it's bound to surface Just walking through the front door makes me nervous It's creeping up the floorboards, got me wondering where I stand I cannot put out the fire, I've got a book of matches in my hand When we first met, headstrong and filled with doubt Made just enough, hustling tables, that summer to take you out I was falling back on forever When you told me about your heart You laid it on the line Laughing with your girlfriends Not a care in the world Not a burden on your mind You're hanging on the line! It was just a matter It was a matter of time We'd find ourselves a place, we belong in this forever Ain't that what it's all about? Make the promise and keep it Come hell or high water We'd figure it out It was the night, it was the moon It was the green grass in the garden The victory and the sin I know you're weary, look at me Flailing in the corner Here's the towel Go on, throw it in It was a matter of time Can't you see that it's tearing me up inside? Look what's laying at our feet That's the wreckage of broken dreams And burned out halos And it's here on our street

Someday, someway You'll realize that you've been blind Yes darling, you're going to need me again It's just a matter of time Go on, go on 'Til you've reached the end of the line 'Cause I know you'll pass my way again It's just a matter of time After I gave you everything I had You laughed and called me a clown Remember, in your search for fortune and fame What goes up must come down I know, I know That one day you'll wake up and find That my love is a true love It's just a matter of time Someday and someway Girl, you'll realize that you've been blind Yes darling, I know you're gonna need me again It's just a matter of time After I gave you everything I had You laughed and you called me a clown But remember, in your search for fortune and fame What goes up must come down I know, I know That one day you'll wake up and find That my love was a true love It's just a matter of time

Pulled into your driveway again We kissed, but it felt different I should've seen it coming then Swore that you only had a crush You told me that you would cut him off I should've seen it coming then My friends all warned me I should run for the hills But I defended you still 'Cause I knew rumours could kill, oh Oh, your secret's safe with me And him, and all of our friends you told Oh, you don't even know I know Don't worry 'cause I'm keeping my mouth closed Yeah, your secret's safe with me And him, and everyone else who knows Darling, how could you be so cold? Don't worry 'cause I'm keeping my mouth closed Yeah, your secret's safe with me I really hope you had your fun Good for you fooling everyone You had me tricked for 16 months, oh Your smoke and mirrors had me hypnotized Right in front of my eyes Well, I heard the truth last night Your secret's safe with me And him, and all of our friends you told Oh, you don't even know I know Don't worry 'cause I'm keeping my mouth closed Yeah, your secret's safe with me And him, and everyone else who knows Darling, how could you be so cold? Don't worry 'cause I'm keeping my mouth closed When your "woe is me" stops working I bet your songs won't sound the same The truth you can't deny changed everything Oh, you can't hide behind what's clear as day Oh, your secret's safe with me And him, and all of our friends you told (all our friends you told) Oh, you don't even know, I know (I know) Don't worry 'cause I'm keeping my mouth closed Yeah, your secret's safe with me And him, and everyone else who knows (all our friends, they know) Darling, how could you be so cold? Don't worry 'cause I'm keeping my mouth closed Yeah, your secret's safe with me And him, and all of our friends you told Yeah, your secret's safe with me And him, and all of our friends you told Yeah, your secret's safe

You say you gotta think it over I can't stop thinkin' of you Is he the guy you wanna hold you? I'll be here when you need me to Make you feel beautiful in the mornin' Light you up when the rain won't stop pourin' 'Cause there's a million little things I haven't told you It kills me every time he's with you so How am I supposed to think about anything else? How am I to go on keeping this to myself? I am done pretending I want anyone else Anyone else Anyone else Ooh-hoo Anyone else Ooh-hoo Anyone else And now the days are gettin' longer I'm caught daydreamin' of you I'm still waitin' for my happy ever after When you're ready I'll be ready too Make you feel beautiful in the mornin' Light you up when the rain won't stop pourin' 'Cause there's a million little things I haven't told you It kills me every time he's with you so How am I supposed to think about anything else? How am I to go on keeping this to myself? I am done pretending I want anyone else Anyone else Anyone else The world melts away when I'm with you And I know you're afraid to jump too soon, oh But I promise if you would I'd love you better than he ever could Girl, we'd have it good, we'd have it good How am I supposed to think about anything else? How am I to go on keeping this to myself? I am done pretending I want anyone else Anyone else Anyone else I keep hoping it'll only be a matter of time 'Til the memories fade and the feelings subside Time won't help, I can't settle for anyone else Anyone else Anyone else

So they told me all the things that you said Running all over my name, oh-oh-oh And you're acting, oh, so innocent Like I'm the only one to blame You've been lying to yourself Lie to everyone else Only thinking 'bout yourself Darling, what the hell? I know what you say about me I hope that it makes you happy You can't seem to get me off your mind (Get me off your mind) Oh-oh-oh I know you're lying through your teeth You told them the lies that you told me I've had enough of it this time (Had enough this time) So you can lie, lie, lie, lie, lie Go ahead and try, try, try, try, try It won't work this time, time, time, time, time I'll kiss your ass goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye I'll kiss your ass goodbye So you're telling them it's all my fault You're the victim this time, oh-oh-oh And you wanna make it seem like it's your call You're acting like everything's fine You've been lying to yourself Lie to everyone else Only thinking 'bout yourself Darling, what the hell? I know what you say about me I hope that it makes you happy You can't seem to get me off your mind (Get me off your mind) Oh-oh-oh I know you're lying through your teeth You told them the lies that you told me I've had enough of it this time (had enough this time) I know what you say about me Ah-ah-oh, you can't get me off your mind I know what you say about me (yeah, yeah, yeah) I hope that it makes you happy You can't seem to get me off your mind (Get me off your mind) oh-oh-oh I know you're lying through your teeth You told them the lies that you told me I've had enough of it this time (Had enough this time) So you can lie, lie, lie, lie, lie Go ahead and try, try, try, try, try It won't work this time, time, time, time, time I'll kiss your ass goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye I'll kiss your ass goodbye

I'm not surprised you didn't call When I almost died you didn't care at all Mama said you can't be mad at who you wish somebody was And I'm not surprised you didn't call I guess I got used to it You'd kiss me 'til I forget You're covering up all your sins I blame it on us being kids I guess you had me convinced It's my mind that's playing tricks After all that you did, I won't admit it's you I miss I guess I got used to it I guess I got, I guess I got used to it You told our friends you hope it hurts You left me for him with one eye over your shoulder Stab me in the back and I'm the one who's saying sorry again You told our friends you're glad it hurts I guess I got used to it You'd kiss me 'til I forget You're covering up all your sins I blame it on us being kids I guess you had me convinced It's my mind that's playing tricks After all that you did, I won't admit it's you I miss I guess I got used to it I guess I got, I guess I got Tommy asked why I'm not mad But you're the only love I've had And I won't say what I can't take back, no You did things I can't forgive But mercy don't always make sense And I'm the one who let you in again I can't be mad I let you treat me like that I guess I got used to it I guess I got used to it You'd kiss me 'til I forget You're covering up all your sins I blame it on us being kids I guess you had me convinced It's my mind that's playing tricks After all that you did, I won't admit it's you I miss I guess I got used to it I guess I got, I guess I got used to it

I don't know what I did to deserve all this I don't wanna be rude or on the defensive But I've been going through it too And I know you feel used, I know you've been hurt Anything I did to make you feel worse I'd take it all back if I could And nothing I say will ease the pain Why must I hurt for you to feel okay? You don't get to take all of me (set me free) And I don't need your apology (let me be) I don't recognize you, not anymore You're not the love that I fell for You don't get to take all of me (set me free) I've been running away, I've been facing my fears Tell my mom I'm okay while I'm holding back tears It's been a fucking year And I've been doing my time, I've been working on me Wasn't sure I'd survive, never felt so weak And nothing really seemed to help it And nothing I say will ease the pain Why do I have to hurt for you to feel okay? You don't get to take all of me (set me free) And I don't need your apology (let me be) I don't recognize you, not anymore You're not the love that I fell for You don't get to take all of me (set me free) I hope you know that I still care about you, dearly But I've gotta lock the door and throw away the key And I hope you know that I still care about you, darling I won't never let you hurt me how you hurt me Again, ever again You don't get to take all of me (set me free) And I don't need your apology (let me be) I don't recognize you, not anymore You're not the love that I fell for You don't get to take all of me (set me free) You don't get to take all of me (set me free) You don't get to take all of me Set me free

Get your head out the ground Take a step back, get a good look around I know I'll find my way out But just 'cause it gets better, don't make it better right now Are all of my tears gonna turn into somethin'? Is all of this pain just for nothin'? Just for nothin' Well, maybe someday it'll all fade away And the weight of the world won't be mine And maybe I'll see at the end of the day Who I am made it all worth the while And these scars will be stories I tell All in due time All the ways that I've changed I'm still cleanin' up all the mess that I made The fires I'm puttin' out Just 'cause it's over, don't mean I'm over it now Third-degree burns Yeah, it hurts while it's healin' I'm still tryna get back the feelin', oh Well, maybe someday it'll all fade away And the weight of the world won't be mine And maybe I'll see at the end of the day Who I am made it all worth the while And these scars will be stories I tell All in due time All in due time Oh, all in due time