Melancholic Derivations

October 10, 2007

Whatever It Takes

Lifehouse's new album is absolutely amazing, and I know no amount of words I put on this journal could possibly do justice to the intricacy of the album. The lyrics, the tunes, the synthesizing of mild melancholy and silent resignation. It's so.....Lifehouse.

Here's one of them that's been on auto-repeat for most of the day. No obvious connotations though, because everything's dead and buried now and all that's left is a brave but scarred new me.

Lifehouse - Whatever It Takes

A strangled smile fell from your face
It kills me that I hurt you this way
The worst part is that I didn't even know
Now there's a million reasons for you to go
But if you can find a reason to stay

I'll do whatever it takes
To turn this around
I know what's at stake
I know that I've let you down
And if you give me a chance
Believe that I can change
I'll keep us together
Whatever it takes

She said if we're gonna make this work
You gotta let me inside even though it hurts
Don't hide the broken parts that I need to see
She said like it or not it's the way it's gotta be
You gotta love yourself if you can ever love me

I'll do whatever it takes
To turn this around
I know what's at stake
I know that I've let you down
And if you give me a chance
And give me a break
I'll keep us together

I know you deserve much better
Remember the time I told you the way that I felt
And that I'd be lost without you and never find myself
Let's hold onto each other above everything else
Start over, start over

I know you deserve much better. But I'm all I've got, and all I have to offer. If it's in God's Will, He will provide a way.

Labels: Life In General, Songs

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