A Thousand Matches Lyrics - Passenger

lying on a mattress cos my friend's crazy sister took my bed away 

sleeping she looked like an actress 

in theory and in practice 

i said there's got to be a better way 

she said 

you light a thousand matches 

when you finally set fire well you run away 

so why'd you go and do it 

when you knew that you would go and i would stay 

i hit the wall in frustration the conversation had been circling for days 

she said 

don't take it out on him 

for the wall has always been 

supportive in the best of ways 

we were laughing and crying like mad men dying in the snow 

for just one second it was funny 

that she would have to stay and i would go 

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i said love you know 

i love you so 

and when you love someone 

well you've gotta let them know 

she said 

nothings changed 

i love you the same 

but when you love someone sometimes 

you've gotta let them go 

she handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart 

she said 

i'm gonna take this home 

for i know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark 

in some faceless hotel room 

where you seem to lose everything you own 

she didn't mean it how it sounded 

what she meant was she would stay and i would go 

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and she said 

love you know 

i love you so 

and when you love someone 

you've gotta let them know 

i said 

nothings changed 

i love you the same 

but when you love someone sometimes 

you've gotta let them go 

sometimes you tear it all apart 

to see the wood from the trees 

sometimes you break your own heart 

to set yourself free 

i walked her to the station hesitation in our movement and our tone 

and words finally left after realising how uncomfortable they'd grown 

see what you want and what you need well they seldomly succeed to grow 

we reluctantly agreed when you love some one you've gotta let them go