Meat:The Bad Examples

Bad Examples Meat:The Bad Examples Lyrics
1.Reaching For Shadows

I keep on looking where you were sleeping
I see the imprint of your body on the sheet
I keep on hiding, thinking you've found me
I give you nothing and you give me borrowed time
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Feels like i'm reaching for shadows, shadows
Looks like i'm holding on to water again
Every time i think i've figured out what we're after
I'm reaching for shadows

We say we're honest, but what do we know
We tell ourselves so many lies we think are true
And it's no secret we're more than just friends
But we're so much less than we ever really knew

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We put a label on it, just so we won't talk about it
Two masters of deception -- seeing all, but not each other
And i believe it's time we stop pretending
We're a pair of shadows... shadows...

I keep on feeling where you're not touching
I'm tired of dancing with a shadow on the wall
And if we're terrified of being lonely
Why do we struggle so hard to remain alone?

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2.This Is Me

Well, do you believe what you're saying
Or are they angry words?
Remember 'goodbye' is a long time
Longer than 'forever' or 'i love you'
And you looked at me like i'm a stranger
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But this is me
Do you remember who you're talking to
This is me -- but who are you?

I sat in your car and i listened
To all your crazy theories
But something inside must have broken
'cause all your words were in another language
And you looked at me like i'm a stranger

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Bit by bit the pieces fell together
Day by day the problems were getting better
Then you laughed and said i'll have to forget you

If this was a joke i'd be laughing
It seems so impossible
But when i wake up in the morning
I'll wake up alone, still not understanding
How you looked at me like i'm a stranger

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3.Over My Shoulder

I wait by my pillow for your footsteps
Echoing up to my door
Afraid that you'll think i'll be waiting
I get up and i lock the door
I get up and i lock the door
I'm waiting for summer
But winter keeps on whispering in my ear
I say i don't love you
But sometimes i wish that you were here

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And i got a feeling our love is over
But i keep on looking over my shoulder

My stereo calls me
But all of the records have been played before
Dreaming of loving you
Waking and i don't love you anymore

Chorus

So many nights together
Now i'm here alone
I wait for you one last time
But i know that we can't go back

Chorus

I wake in the darkness
But the footsteps are in my imagination
My tv's white hissing
Has replaced all my midnight animation
And i got a feeling our love is over
But i keep on looking over my shoulder

I keep on looking over my shoulder...
I got a feeling our love is over
But i keep on looking over my shoulder


4.Swallowing Fire

I been in it for the money
I been in it for the fun
I been in it for too long to want to give it up
I been crashing and burning
Pushing too hard after thrills
I been haunted by a hunger that the pleasure never kills

Swallowing fire
Swallowing flame -- burning inside

You don't remember where it hit you
You just remember that it aches
Nobody ever knows themselves except by their mistakes

Swallowing fire
Swallowing flame -- burning inside

But somehow it keeps you running
Out of control and into walls
When you've broken your off switch,
There's no limit to the falls

Now the mornings run together
Now the clock runs out of time
And if i don't kill myself i'm gonna die trying

Swallowing fire
Swallowing flame -- burning inside
I been swallowing fire
I been swallowing flame, burning inside


5.Goodbye

Whispered words i can't recall
What she said when she meant goodbye
Memories from long ago,
When she meant when she left
Goodbye
And where is a dream
When a dream is gone?
And where is the sun at night?

Whispered words from long ago
What she said when she left -- goodbye


6.Little Disasters

He wants to take her out to a movie
But he's not sure if he wants to go
And he don't wanna take it too quickly
And he don't wanna take it too slow
Yeah, she's the kind of girl he's always dreamed of
Oh, but this time it looks like it's real
And he knows she makes him feel happy
But he don't know what he wants to feel

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It's a little disaster -- little disaster
He wants everything to work out perfect
But she only wants to be with him

He buys her flowers that he never sends her
'cause he's afraid she might misunderstand
And then he knows he might not deliver
The love that he knows she'll demand

Yeah, and he's ready for the altar
But suddenly he's running away
And he knows he'll love her forever
But he don't know if he wants to stay

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He loves her (he loves her) -- he can't understand
Why it should be such a struggle
He's happy (he's happy) -- but it's not enough
Somehow he still ends up lonely... lonely

Well there's a train that leaves saturday morning
So she can summer with friends out of state
And it feels like it came without warning
And all of his words are too late

Yeah, and he stammers and stares at the station
And her bags are as heavy as lead
And he wanted to tell her he loved her
But the train pulls away instead

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It's a little disaster -- little disaster -- little disaster
He wants everything to work out perfect
But she only wants to be with him
Little disaster -- little disaster -- little disaster...


7.Reinventing The Wheel

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All the time that we have lost
Love that we have missed
Yeah, we stole everything that we could steal
And i never thought it would come to this
Oooh, reinventing the wheel...
We're together but we're apart
Every day we're drifting farther from our heart
But i still love you
Pull together maybe we can pull through

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We're together but we're alone
Every day we're drifting farther from our home
But i still love you
Pull together maybe we can pull through

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And the wheel goes round and round
And the clock goes on and on
Now it seems like we have lost our direction
Hold me now before we lose everything

All the time that we have lost
Love that we have missed
Yeah, we stole everything, we stole everything
And i never thought it would come to this
Oooh, reinventing the wheel...