Story Behind The Song
Based on real-life experience with the end of a long-term relationship
Song Description
Sometimes you cling to hope longer than you should, or longer than is reasonable, and it takes a while to realize that the relationship is over
| Song Length |
3:02 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Moving |
Subject |
Divorce, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
Wilco, Beck |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I just want to hold you
I get so cold when I'm near you
When I try to reach you
I get an elbow from you
I don't know why I'm here
Or if I can last another year / But I'll stay another year
And though I cry, I might break down and try
To hope that we can beat the odds
This uncertainty
Is what's killing me
Why can't you just leave
And leave me be
I don't know why I'm here
Or if I can last another year / But I'll stay another year
And though I cry, I might break down and try
To hope that we can beat the odds
Now I don't want to see you
(My worlds are colliding)
I don't want you to care
(My sanity is sliding)
The thought of you is a weight
(Into the depths of despair)
That I can't bear
(Where it all seems unfair)
Chorus
I don't think we beat the odds
I'd like to think we beat the odds