it was one of those moments when you feel your heart might explode
it was one of those times you think love's gonna make you die
i was standing there wishing i had never started down this road
and it took all i had not to let you see me cry

when i ran away i thought you knew you should follow
but i guess your feet of clay stuck to the floor
and now i'm looking for any dignity that i could borrow
cause i'd give anything not to want you anymore

  but you're sleeping the sleep of the heartless
  and i'm walking the floors just like the dead
  it wasn't words that broke my heart
  it was nothing that you said
  it was nothing that you said

oh now i don't want to make you feel embarrassed babe
cause you know i'll get over it the way i always do
and i know that things don't always go the fairest way
but they always go the way that fate intends them to

and all we can do is take it as it comes
and deal with life the best way we know how
oh but darling i'll admit i crossed my fingers and my thumbs
and whatever lines the traffic would allow

  but you're sleeping the sleep of the heartless
  and i'm walking the floor just like the dead
  it wasn't words that broke my heart
  it was nothing that you said
  it was nothing that you said

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