when people don't say how they feel
tough regrets, you learn to heal but never forget....no never forget
I'm sorry I couldn't read your mind
why did you wait all this time
why didn't you just say you loved me
you could have saved my heart ache
you could have fixed our mistake
but you walked away, you just walked away
when I needed you there, I guess you got scared
now you say you should have never left  
I know you want me to but how can I take you back

Often I catch myself thinking back to times of bliss
to carefree days of innocent ignorance
Days when nothing really mattered and all I wanted was you
things are much different now
thats one of the few things I know are true
that and the fact that all I still want is you

Some things just aren't meant to be is what they say
but the feelings you give me
make me want to believe we are more than just a you and a me

8  miles down the road I hear my phone ringing on the dash
as soon as it lights up I see your name reflecting on the glass
you're probably calling to say that you're sorry
and that I should come back to stay the night
because you grow more and more lonely, as I feel more and more right
I'm rolling so fast I'm out running my own headlights
now I'm feeling like a bird and thats as free as it gets

I'm learning to see the beauty in broken things
because with them I can relate
I know broken doesn't mean worthless
and that makes me still feel complete

For once in my life I want to know what its like to get away
I'm tired of looking out to the stars and wondering where you are in this crazy lonely world
If I could know where you are and share your loving heart
then maybe one day I could leave
but until that day comes
this heartbreak towns got a hold of me

Life is best at a leisurely pace
I find my peace in a comfortable place
on a soft square with room for two
under sheets like waves laid next to you
thinking once in a lifetime it's just right
so I thank my lucky stars for you each night

I'm tired of distracting myself from you
and convincing my heart to love other people when it knows the truth
I just want to be where you are and I just want to be with you

It feels like I'm just waiting
while my heart keeps breaking
like I'm going no where with anyone but me
and I'm caught in the rain wasting my time on the ground
but if I could find you and kiss you and know you
it would be like continuous thunder rolling in my bones forever

It doesn't matter where they say you should be
verses where you are now
we all move to our own clock
until all our time runs out

I tried a new girl in a new town
but it just don't feel the same
I tried some good drugs, I'd never heard of
but I still remembered your name
I saw your silhouette dancing at 3am in my head lights
now I'm going crazy, crazy, crazy
without your love

If you could go back in time and give yourself advice about your first love
what would you say?
If you could tell your first love something now what would you say?

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We live in a nation being divided by color
each one sees the other
but closed minds seem to cover all the good things
instead of allowing us all to be brothers
they only show the hate said by a few to the others
Love could be such an easy thing, but still I'm afraid
the end will come to us both if we let them force us on each other
In the end we must change and come together
or things will stay like this forever

Could you tell me that you hate me
could you tell me that you never felt a thing
before you tell me that it's over
I need you to tell me anything
to break my heart
to tear me down
to get me so mad over you, that I can just leave
before you tell me that it's over
Don't take it easy on me

So effortlessly...
you took the effort out of me
we went from all smiles,
to once in awhile,
to never again

Even though,

I'm loving life
surrounded by friends
drowning in fame
can't walk in a bar where they don't know my name
they say I have it all
but it just don't feel the same because
even still,  
I miss your kisses in the morning

Everyone wants you
and my biggest fear is you know this
because plenty of fish in the sea
is great for you but hell for me
I'd give you my whole heart today
but I think you would give it right back
I just need to know what it would take
for me and you to have a love that lasts

I don't need the approval and guidance
I don't need the blessings and the smiles
because I can do it by myself has been the story of my life
Every step I take is me
Every breath I breath is me
Every **** thing I do is me
so if you will please
just sit back and watch me become everything I said I would be

I remember, so familiar
cool nights spent together
you and me locked in your room
wishing we could be 17 forever
only knowing each other, so familiar

forever is still rolling
we aren't 17 anymore
I haven't seen your room in quite some time
or you for that matter
and just like that, I'm left behind... so familiar

This old truck of mine has a half a tank, I think I'll see how far she rolls
Foot on the gas, hand on the wheel, and roll down the windows
That picture of you on my dash, I tossed it to the side
That note you wrote on the back I guess it was a lie
Because “I’ll love you forever” ended today
I just wish my feelings for you would die the same way
But it’s hard to convince your heart what your brain already knows
Because your heart is dumb, love is blind, and feelings come
but don’t always go

I'm tired of overthinking
dwelling on bad days and hard times does no good
I just want to be free
Free to love and to feel love
Free to spread joy and feel joy in my heart
Free to dream and share them with you

Isn't it funny after all this time
I still sit up at night and think of you
my guitar has heard all about our stories
after all it set the mood in one or two
the one my momma thought I would marry, yes that was you
Sometimes even I wish it was true
but fait gave you another, at a time when you needed something new
now fait has given me time and space at a time when all I need is you

I should have said sorry a lot less than I ever did
Because we both know who's fault it really is
Im not saying that I was never wrong
All I know is that I'm glad you're gone

I watched you spin around and fake a smile
we were all there to watch you run away
you saw me and ill never forget that face
because you didn't know I was coming, didn't know what to say
it was a true surprise
I saw happiness and regret at the same time in your eyes
It was a secret that with time you knew you could beat
but I knew you too well for the secret keep
Today was the day for you to be swept away for the rest of your life
but you keep staring at me and only you know why

I know my time is coming
Some say I've been here way too long
But I just don't think I'm ready
just now began feeling at home
They're about to cut the string, so I guess here it goes
if I don't learn to fly on the way down
don't say I didn't tell you so
because I'm good at one thing
and that one thing is being young
but we all grow old and wise
wishing we could be forever young and dumb

I could not commit to anyone because I wanted to grow
and I could not shrink myself to be less than I wanted
it was lonely for awhile trying to find someone to let me grow
but it was worth it to find someone who wanted to grow with me

It's really good to be here
There are times I thought I wouldn’t be here
There are days they said I wouldn’t see here, but I'm here
Eyes wide open, wheels still rolling
I'm standing here before you saying
It's really good to be here

No Fence around this place
just wide open space
picked a lot on the edge of town
my Uncle built it up from the ground
just a place we can call home
it was the vision that my father owned

Every dollar that I ever made, I got from mowing at my neighbors place
learned to drive a stick in the yard, 14 in my granddads car
almost wrecked into our favorite tree, the one we planted just him and me

When I stop and look around, I can almost here the sound
Dads front porch philosophies, my name from momma calling me
This is the place that I love the most, This is the place that I call home

I don't want to feel this broken heart
I just want to be where you are
If its another day all alone
im not interested but I'm learning to move on
I promised you I would stay strong
but it's taking all I've got and some I'm not

I miss your smile
the way your nose crinkles when you lie
I miss your eyes
and all the good you bring into my lonely life
you are pure and honest and perfect for me
knowing all these things I still let you pass me by
mostly because I'm just another stupid guy
I'm sorry for everything
and I'll lay it all on the line
If you will have me back just one more time

I'm keeping an open mind
searching high and low for what I need
but the truth is I'm scared
because what if no one else can make me feel the way she did

I've been waiting for
things to change in my heart again
I've been waiting for you to notice the change in me
my heart beats in a different way
and my thoughts they aren't the same
because I've been learning to love

You say I've changed
and that it's easy to see
but in truth It's not easy to think
I'm not anything like I used to be

I wonder....
Is it grand design
was it written in the stars long ago
can my destiny change or is it set in stone
does every question have an answer
because I need to know
does true love exist or is it just false hope

I've been trying to figure it out but I just can't get it right
I’ve spent my whole life chasing things I can't get
seeing something better in the mirror than there actually is
Wishing on a lucky star but I must have picked the wrong one
because I wish and I wish but I never can get
wondering why it wasn’t happening for me I locked myself in my room blind to what I didn’t want to see, when really I was wasting time trying to live a life that wasn’t really for me

They say others can only give you words and things
and that only you can give yourself feelings
but honestly if thats true then why aren't we all happy

Let me be real for 2 seconds and just say the truth
We are all looking for something thats too good to be true
Some think they found it only to find regret
some think they need it to be the best
some want more but care less
others just try to do it all with no regrets
Whatever it is who knows if it's real
Whatever it is I'm dying to feel

Sometimes it gets foggy
and bad days come around too often
but just remember
Life is worth living

When I was young...
I thought I was destine for greatness
I felt as if the sun light shined just for me
and that the world turned in my favor
with age I realized that I am just as foolish as everyone else
and my pile of failures stacks high and wide
I know now I am just a soul wondering this place
looking for another who understands
life just isn't what we thought it would be