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and Anna once told me "son,you've got a lot to learnand that living life is easierwith a contract in your hand"so she pretends that she is doing finewhile she's just barely getting byshe says that someday she'll get this right"but that still never stopped the thoughts I guess I fell into a life I didn't want"she said "so don't believe that lie you're toldthat if you love something you should let it gobecause having faith in what you thought was rightain't worth the sleepless nightsand you'll toss and turn, and wonder whyyou cry those tears through half shut eyes,I guess the slow dull burn of lovejust ain't for me"well my friend Michael painted pagesfrom books he read, he said it never changesthe reoccuring charactersact so one dimensionalit's not the happily ever afterthat gets to him, it's that no one questionsSongtexteif this was meant to last"and maybe I'll wake up feeling a little less deadbut there is still no life in this empty bed"he said "you can try and try but it's not enoughwhen the books you read all turn to dustand every word and happy endingcomes with a clausewhere every mention of "I do"is filled with divorce lawyers and IOU's I guess the slow dull burn of lovejust isn't real"Baby, It's a half-life we're living these days Aus Songtexte Mania