Album: The Sound of Madness (2008)

Charted: 42

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• If you only knew
  I'm hanging by a thread
  The web I spin for you
  If you only knew
  I'd sacrifice my beating heart before I lose you
  
  I still hold on to the letters you returned
  I swear I've lived and learned
  
  It's 4:03 and I can't sleep
  Without you next to me, I toss and turn like the sea
  If I drown tonight, bring me back to life
  Breathe your breath in me
  The only thing that I still believe in is you
  If you only knew
  
  If you only knew
  How many times I counted all the words that went wrong
  If you only knew
  How I refuse to let you go even when you're gone
  
  I don't regret any days I spent
  Nights we shared, or letters that I sent
  
  It's 4:03 and I can't sleep
  Without you next to me, I toss and turn like the sea
  If I drown tonight, bring me back to life
  Breathe your breath in me
  The only thing that I still believe in is you
  If you only knew
  If you only knew
  
  I still hold on to the letters you returned
  You helped me live and learn
  
  It's 4:03 and I can't sleep
  Without you next to me, I toss and turn like the sea
  If I drown tonight, bring me back to life
  Breathe your breath in me
  The only thing that I still
  Believe in is you (if I drown tonight, bring me back to life)
  Believe in is you (if I drown tonight, bring me back to life)
  I still believe in you, whoa, whoa, whoa
  If you only knew Writer/s: Brent Smith, Dave Bassett
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

• Zachy Beanpole from Idontfreakingwannaspillit, FloridaI love this song.
• Anon from UkBeautiful song! It was a toss up between this, miracle and I'll follow you for my husband and i's first dance song. I love this because when you love someone that much, there are no words or actions that will ever make them truly understand how you truly feel, so you live an entire relationship never truly knowing what the other person feels for you and they live not knowing how you feel about them. Most couples will share letters throughout relationships and replies will be sent back (returned)
• Bailey from Cincinatti, OhioBeautiful song... It's I and my boyfriend's song :)
• Zero from The Abyss, NjSorry, duh, yes it was a single.
• Zero from Nowhere, NjWas this song a single? It should have been.
• Megan from Stevenson, AlThis song is awesome! Love it!
• [p3yt0n} from Somewhere, InThis is a great song, simple as that.
• Kelly from Houston, Txi was just introduced to this song by a friend who told me it reminded him of me and my relationship with my boyfriend. i decided to give it a listen and found that it was exactly the same thing. as to why he wrote it not so much but i just listed to the song and its alot alike. just wanted to say thanks. its a wake up call that ive been needing.
• Dave from Cleveland, OhJust as an addition the above comment; Brent mentioned in an interview that he never wrote a song like this and it came to him very easily when he thought about his girlfriend. He wrote it for her saying something along the lines of: I'm not sure how to tell her how I truly feel, so it came it out in a song form.

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