The Wrong Direction

Album: All The Little Lights (2012)
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  • When I was a kid the things I did were hidden under the grid
    Young and naive I never believed that love could be so well hid
    dWith regret I'm willing to bet and say the older you get
    It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget
    It gets under your shirt like a dagger at work
    The first cut is the deepest but the rest still flipping hurt
    You build your heart of plastic
    Get cynical and sarcastic
    And end up in the corner on your own

    'Cause I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
    I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
    I thought I was close but under further inspection
    It seems I've been running in the wrong direction oh no

    So what's the point in getting your hopes up
    When all you're ever getting is choked up
    When you're coked up
    And can't remember the reason why you broke up
    You call her in the morning
    When you're coming down and falling like an old man on the side of the road
    'Cause when you're apart you don't want to mingle
    When you're together you want to be single
    Ever the chase to taste the kiss of bliss
    That made your heart tingle
    How much greener the grass is
    With those rose tinted glasses
    But the butterflies they flutter by and leave us on our arses

    'Cause I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
    I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
    I thought I was close but under further inspection
    It seems I've been running in the wrong direction
    There's fish in the sea for me to make a selection
    I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection
    Cause all I want to do is try to make a connection
    It seems I've been running in the wrong direction oh oh

    Oh I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
    I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
    I thought I was close but under further inspection
    It seems I've been running in the wrong direction
    I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
    I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
    I thought I was close but under further inspection
    It seems I've been running in the wrong direction oh
    It seems like I'm running in the wrong direction oh
    Seems like I'm running in the wrong direction oh
    Well it seems I've been running in the wrong direction oh no
    Seems I've been running in the wrong direction Writer/s: Michael David Rosenberg
    Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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