Song Length |
3:54 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Pop - Rock |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Composed, Troubled |
Subject |
Numbness, Unrequited Love |
Similar Artists |
Counting Crows, Matchbox Twenty |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
These days should break you,
But you're ok
These days should make you feel in a way,
Like a breeze soaring far,
And then dispersed by a wall
But you're ok, you're ok
A little helpless, jealous, envious and played
Have you ever played the game of keep-away?
Keep yourself away from another
I want you, but I'm staying away
I'm staying away
These days should make you feel alone again
These days should all reflect on way back when
Like the first time when you had enough
Sick, worn away, deadened, foolish, saddened, curious,
Offended by the thought that you were played
Have you ever played the game of keep-away?
Keep yourself away from another
I want you but I'm staying away
I'm staying away
These days are breaking me,
I have to say
But I've been here before,
So I'm ok
I'll just build a colder wall around my warm icicle frame,
Melting all my pride away,
In a certain sense that I have been played
Have you ever played the game of keep-away?
Keep yourself away from another
I want you, but I'm staying away