Artist: John Mayer Album: Inside Wants Out {1999}

Back to you
It always comes around back to you
I tried to forget you
I tried to stay away
But it's too late

Over you
I'm never over, over you
There's something about you
It's just the way you move
The way you move me

Yeah, I'm so good at forgetting
And I quit ever game I play
But forgive me, love, I can't turn and walk away

Back to you
It always comes around back to you
I walk with your shadow
I'm sleeping in my bed
With your silhouette

Yeah, should have smiled in that picture
If it's the last that I'll see of you
It's the least that you could not do

Leave the light on, I'll never give up on you
Leave the light on for me too, for me too, for me too, yeah

Back to me
I know that it comes back to me
Doesn't it scare you
Your will is not as strong
As it used to be

"Welcome to the real world," she said to me condescendingly
Take a seat, take your life
Plot it out in black and white
Well, I never lived the dream of the prom kings and the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding up my sleeve

They love to tell you stay inside the lines
But something's better on the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats, grabbing credits, maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers
And all of our parents, they're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories - tiny tragedies

They love to tell you stay inside the lines
But something's better on the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

I am invincible, I am invincible
I am invincible as long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

I just can't wait for my ten year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for

My stupid mouth has got me in trouble
I said too much again to a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see that she was offended, she said, "Well anyway."
Just dying for a subject change

Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget
Mama said, "Think before speaking."
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one soon

We bit our lips, she looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess with the salt and pepper shaker
And I could see clearly an indelible line was drawn
Between what was good, what just slipped out and what went wrong

Oh, the way she feels about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again
How could I forget
Mama said, "Think before speaking."
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one 

I'm never speaking up again, it only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me
Oh, I'm never speaking up again starting now
Starting now

One more thing, why is it my fault
So maybe I try too hard, but it's all because of this desire
Just wanna be liked, just wanna be funny
Looks like the jokes on me - so call me captain backfire

Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget
Mama said, "Think before speaking."
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one

I'm never speaking up again, it only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me
Oh, I'm never speaking up again
I'm never speaking up again
I'm never speaking up again starting now
Starting now

When sky blue gets dark enough
To see the colors of the city lights
A trail of ruby red and diamond white
Hits her like a sunrise
She comes and goes and comes and goes like no one can

Tonight she's out to lose herself
And find a high on Peachtree Street
From mixed drinks to techno beats it's always
Heavy into everything
She comes and goes and comes and goes like no one can
She comes and goes and no one knows she's slipping through my hands

She's always buzzing just like neon, neon, neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away

I can't be her angel now
You know it's not my place to hold her down
And it's hard for me to take a stand
When I would take her anyway I can
She comes and she goes like no one can
She comes and she goes, she's slipping through my hands

She's always buzzing just like neon, neon, neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away, away

She comes and she goes like no one can
She comes and she goes, she's slipping through my hands

She's always buzzing just like neon, neon, neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away

Don't know why Tory came by
But I could see by the look in her eyes
Tory'd been driving round the town for a while
Playing with the thought of leaving

Don't know why, but Tory just smiled
And mentioned something about how you were right
Must have been hard to see through the tears she was hiding
She said, "I might not be seeing him soon
I've got a few things I've been waiting to do."

Hey, Tory came by, Tory came by tonight
Hey, Tory came by, she says to say goodbye

Looked outside at the car in the drive
And the suitcase on the back seat inside
Sure it's so she can't look out behind at the road
She said, "I might not be seeing him soon
I've got a few things I've been waiting to do."

Hey, Tory came by, Tory came by tonight
Hey, Tory came by, she says to say goodbye

Don't look down, she seemed alright
You might be asking, "Where is Tory tonight?"
Somewhere out on the highway, I'm sure that she's fine

I know you've been sworn, I read your complaint
You're needing someone older
And though I've been warned to live day by day
There's something taking over

Did you expect to kiss me one time
While looking at me with the same eyes ever again
So come on and face it
So come on and face it
It's time that we say it

You can cross the line whenever you want to
I'm calling it love soon
Close your mind and waste some time if you have to
I'm calling it love soon
It's not about you now, it's what we are

Your mother complains that you need a man
You haven't mentioned me yet
And all of your friends don't know who I am
I've been your best kept secret

I understand I wasn't part of the plan
A dollar short, a minute early, but I am your man
So come on and face it
So come on and face it
It's time that we say it

You can cross the line whenever you want to
I'm calling it love soon
Close your mind and waste some time if you have to
I'm calling it love soon
It's not about you now, it's what we are, it's what we are

Let's bypass the bullshit and move on because
The minute hand moves faster than you think it does
And by no fault of yours and by no fault of mine
The bottom line is laying in the bed that we've been playing in tonight
We've been playing in tonight

I'm calling it love soon
I'm calling it love soon
You can cross the line whenever you want to
I'm calling it love soon
Close your mind and waste some time if you have to
I'm calling it love soon
It's not about you now, it's what we are

I just remembered that time at the market
Snuck up behind me and jumped on my shopping cart
And rolled down aisle five
You looked behind you to smile back at me
Crashed into a rack full of magazines
They asked us if we could leave

Can't remember what went wrong last September
Though I'm sure you'd remind me if you had to
Our love was comfortable and so broken in

I sleep with this new girl I'm still getting used to
My friends all approve, say, "She's gonna be good for you."
They throw me high fives
She says the Bible is all that she reads
And prefers that I not use profanity
Your mouth was so dirty

Life of the party and she swears that she's artsy
But you could distinguish Miles from Coltrane
Our love was comfortable and so broken in
She's perfect, so flawless
Or so they say, say

She thinks I can't see the smile that she's faking
And poses for pictures that aren't being taken
I loved you - grey sweatpants, no makeup, so perfect
Our love was comfortable and so broken in
She's perfect, so flawless
I'm not impressed - I want you back

Midnight, lock all the doors and turn out the lights
Feels like the end of the world this Sunday night
There's not a sound, outside the snow's coming down
And somehow I can't seem to find the quiet inside my mind

3:02 - the space in this room has turned on me
All my fears have cornered me here, me and my TV screen
The volume's down, blue lights are dancing around
And still, I can't seem to find the quiet inside my mind

Daylight is climbing the walls
Cars start and feet walk the halls
The world awakes and now I am safe
At least by the light of day
At least by the light of day