as expected

never thought you'd read this
never thought you'd see
never thought you'd understand
what this meant to me

i never counted on you
you beat me black and blue
in your blue and black
i always knew i'd love you
now it's your turn, say it back

born to be a musician
born to be a martyr
born to be so much more
than it seems to be today

this one tells you how fast you're going
this one tells you how fast you're dying
tell me whose shadow are you chasing
on this ghost town ride

soft means pause
wait a moment more
would it break my laws
what is in store

deeper down
lies the truth
wrapped around
lies are truth

now i feel how i've never felt
surprise my hand dealt these cards
can't you change how you feel
how i feel has been sealed

and hidden away....

in you staring inside your head
to find me, but lost anyway.

I know i've been in this place before
I know I've seen your face before
walking down hometown streets
a stranger in a strange land
So close and so right to the truth... but it never was

I can't explain I just can't see you haunting me
haunting me
I can't explain no you're so familiar familiar

I can't explain this premotion

I knew it would happen before it did
So much can go wrong: best keep your feelings hid
When you know how you'll feel before
The glance in passing two years ago

I can't explain how fate is known haunting me
haunting me
You remind me you remind me of the future future