Better This Way

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lyrics

If there was a way
If there was a way out
Well you could be the first one
Waiting in line

You don’t like change
So why you wanna get out
When everything that’s beautiful
Is hard to define

Oh, I know, I know, I know I’ve been wrong
So wrong before but I assure you this time
If you walk away alone it will have me screaming please

If you need me I’ll be here
But if you want to disappear
It would be wrong to stay
I guess some things are better this way

I know you’re scared
But you can’t keep running
We can think of something
And make it alright

To lose this game
Not all is wasted
‘Cause what we are saving
Is still worth the fight

Oh, I know, I know, I know I’ve been wrong
So wrong before but I assure you this time
If you walk away alone it will have me screaming please

If you need me I’ll be here
But if you want to disappear
It would be wrong to stay
I guess some things are better this way

If you need me I’ll be here
But if you want to disappear
It would be wrong to stay
I guess some things are better this way

Am I making myself clear
You shouldn’t have to waste a year
To watch your dreams all fade
I guess some things are better this way
I guess some things are better this way
I guess some things are better this way

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from Kicker, released June 8, 2018

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