You Can Only Get So Lonely

from The Romantics EP by The Shape Of The Earth

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So it's not working out you lay your head down on the table just like that.
Scratching out so many plans and passing through your lives just like a cat.
It's not like you would choose to always lose but now it seems that's just the game.
Or maybe you're just you and I am me and here we're all just saving face.

But you know there's people going for your neck,
Everybody's trying to get ahead,
And I wonder should I let them rush on by-
But then would there be time to get me mine.

I'm by myself now, but I don't hate her.
I've got my health now, which I should savor.
Did you notice? It's well worth knowing-
Not all solace is consoling.

You can only get so lonely.
You can only get so lonely.
You can only get so lonely.
You can only get so lonely.
You can only get so lonely.
You can only get so lonely.
You can only get so lonely.
You can only get so lonely.
You can only get so lonely...

And then as you were walking out I couldn't say,
If time is all I've got I shouldn't waste it.
But fate has got a funny way of walking backwards
and now it's written all over my face.

I'm by myself now, but I don't hate her.
I've got my health now, which I should savor.
Did you notice? It's well worth knowing-
Not all solace is consoling.

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from The Romantics EP, released July 1, 2010

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