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these days i feel like i'm watching a movie
with subtitles only i can't read the words
you do your best to make sure i understand you
but these foreign topics always seem so absurd

and more and more i find i don't get the meaning
but i do appreciate your likeable appeal
you say you're trying to drive us in the right direction
but i get the feeling you're falling asleep at the wheel

so don't tell me you will, when you know that you won't
don't say that you do, when you know that you don't
cause the more than you give, the less that i get
and the more that you share is the more i regret

cause i don't have much to believe it
that's why i'm always counting on you
i don't have much to believe in
but what if i did you know i'd be doing it for you

these days i feel like i'm talking to no one
it's cause i'm usually not
i keep pushing to a brand new beginning
but you can't release when i haven't been caught

you keep saying that i'm just gettin stranger
that you don't even know what i stand for these days
i'd like to say don't worry we'll work through it
but i get the feeling that this isn't just a phase

so don't tell me to yell, when you want me to whisper
don't spin the bottle if you don't want to kiss her
cause the closer we get, the further i feel
and the less that we fake, well the more that seems real

cause i don't have much to believe it
that's why i'm always counting on you
i don't have much to believe in
but what if i did you know i'd be doing it for you

(eric hutchinson)