Katharine McPhee Album

It's not right

Did I jump into love? Didn't know how to land
Now I'm deep into water, unable to stand
Can I silence the dangers, be blind to the signs?
I see hearts breaking around me, what will happen to mine?

Every now and then I feel these questions creeping in
But if you leave me in the middle of nowhere
And I can't get back again

Every now and then all these fears I have squeak in
Well, if you leave me in the middle of winter
Never to see the sun again

Now that I am in silent suffering
It's not right, it's not right

Does it feel good to let you closer to me?
Did I get what I wanted but not what I need?
Can I carry the weight of these secrets and doubts?
I know their never spoken but inside they calling out

Every now and then I feel these questions creeping in
But if you leave me in the middle of nowhere
And I can't get back again

Every now and then all these fears I have squeak in
Well, if you leave me in the middle of winter
Never to see the sun again

Now that I am in silent suffering
It's not right, it's not right

In the voices hard to fight
I'm scared, my heart is saying
It is not right, it's not right
I'm not made to be afraid, oh

Every now and then I feel these questions creeping in
But if you leave me in the middle of nowhere
And I can't get back again

Every now and then all these fears I have squeak in
Well, if you leave me in the middle of winter
Never to see the sun again

Every now and then I feel these questions creeping in
Stuck in the middle of nowhere and I can't get back again
Now that I am in silent suffering, oh no
It's not right, oh no, it's not right, oh no, it's not right

I know my heart knows, it's not right

Why'd I have to go and be a fool again?
Why'd I have to go and make a big thing outta nothing?
I didn't know what I had till you were gone

It was right in front of me all along
And now those days of same old story
Are feelin' more like faded glory

I had it all, I threw it all aside
Thinkin' there was more there I needed to find
I had it all, baby, till you went away

Blue skies, sunshine and butterflies
Those were the conditions that I left behind
Why did I let it go to waste? I had it all

So where are all the fireworks I thought I'd see?
I still haven't found the magic I was lookin' for that made me leave
Oh no, I traded in my comfort zone for empty nights of bein' alone

I had it all, I threw it all aside
Thinkin' there was more there I needed to find
I had it all, baby, till you went away

Blue skies, sunshine and butterflies
Those were the conditions that I left behind
Why did I let it go to waste?

Why did I believe that a little voice?
That led me down the path to this bad choice?
Why don't I listen to the angels when they sing?
Oh yeah, they sing, oh yeah, oh

I had it all, I threw it all aside
Thinkin' there was more there I needed to find
I had it all, baby, till you went away

Blue skies, sunshine and butterflies
Those were the conditions that I left behind
Why did I let it go to waste? I had it all
Why did I let it go to waste? I had it all

Why'd I have to go and be a fool again?

All the memories I have come on thru
Every corner thinking of you
So I keep on drivin', drivin'
Keep on drivin', down the avenue

Lost in the middle of the night like before
I wont sleep again until I know where you are
So I keep on drivin', drivin'
Keep on drivin', down the avenue

[CHORUS:]
Its a long way home
And I feel undone
How I tried my best, Not to run
So I keep on drivin', keep on, drivin'

Don't try to find me just let me go
I don't even have myself anymore
So I keep on drivin', keep on drivin'
Keep on drivin' down the avenue

Its a long way home
And I feel undone
How I tried my best
Not to run

There comes a time
When hope is lost
But you can still begin again
To stay around
Would cost too much
I am learning

Its a long way home
And I feel undone
How I tried my best
Not to run

Its a long way home
And I feel undone
How I tried my best
Not to run
So I keep on drivin, so I keep on drivin'

I have a few words in defense of my youth
My regrets would fill an ocean or two
I was young, I didn't know what I would stumble into
I've had a lot on my mind and there were so many rules
Makes a girl crazy, makes you break a few

And there I go again
Acting like it's my fault
When you're to blame

It makes me happy
To use you a little
Just to use you a little
To write this song
It's the very last letter
To an old lover
To say I'm glad you're gone

I've got snapshots of things on my mind
Though I left the past we don't leave it behind
But I learned and now I know
And I don't need you coming around
One thing I should probably say
I got over it all, and I surrendered the pain

And that's the thing about mistakes
You never see them coming
Until it's too late

It makes me happy
To use you a little
Just to use you a little
To write this song
It's the very last letter
To an old lover
To say I'm glad

Sacrifice my happiness
I'm smart enough to know
I'm better off the way it is

It makes me happy
To use you a little
Just to use you a little
To write this song
It's the very last letter
To an old lover
To say I'm glad

It makes me happy
To use you a little
Just to use you a little
To write this song
It's the very last letter
To an old lover
To say I'm glad you're gone

My pulse goes to the moon
When I know you're here
My heart runs to another room
When I know you're near
And they say that you don't know, what you got till it's gone
So I'm holding on to you

How many lives till I get this one right
Till I give up the fight and just
Surrender, surrender
How many days till I love me the way that you love me,
You love me

You say I'm beautiful, but I just don't see
You say one day I'll learn, when will that day be
And they say that you don't know what you got till it's gone
So I'm holding on to you

How many lives till I get this one right
Till I give up the fight and just
Surrender, surrender
How many days till I love me the way that you love me,
You love me

But this life that I see
That I bleed out before me
Well it seems incomplete
Will I ever see me
The way that you see me, oh to be your eyes
Oh to be your eyes

And how many lives till I get this one right
Till I give up the fight and just
Surrender, surrender
How many lives till I get this one right
Till I give up the fight and just
Surrender, surrender
How many days till I love me the way that you love me,
You love me
You love me
You love me

You by the light
Is the greatest find
In a world full wrong you're the thing that's right
Finally made it through the lonely to the other side

You said it again my heart's in motion
Every word feels like a shooting star
I'm at the edge of my emotions
Watching the shadows burning in the dark,
And I'm in love and I'm terrified.
For the first time in the last time
In my only life.

This could be good
It's already better than last
And love is worse than knowing
You're holding back
I could be all that you needed
If you let me try

You said it again my hearts in motion
Every word feels like a shooting start
I'm at the edge of my emotions
Watching the shadows burning in the dark
And I'm in love and I'm terrified
For the first time in the last time
in my only

I only said it cause i mean it
I only mean cause it's true
So don't you doubt what i've been dreaming
Cause it fills me up and holds me close
Whenever i'm without you

You said it again my hearts in motion
Every word feels like a shooting star
Watching the shadows burning in the dark
And I'm in love and I'm terrified
For the first time in the last time
In my only life

They say, get up out of that bed turn the lights on
Gotta try to forget where it went wrong
Don't you beat yourself up asking questions
Love's gonna come your way again, oh

They say, step outside of your door let the light in
You never really escape when you hide in
All I want is to be set free
From this pain that is haunting me

Can you tell me how?
When I am looking down and all hope is over
Can you tell me how?
Ten million pieces of my heart to put back together

If I could I'd take hold of myself
Pull me out of this living hell
Can you tell me how?
Can you tell me how?
How? How? How? How? How? How? How?

They say, if you open your heart to the healing
Time will take all those scars you've been wearing
Please don't tell me how I should be feeling
I'm not sure I even want to try, oh

They say, you just gotta let go and move on
You're only hurting yourself when you hold on
All I want is to lose this pain
Every drop of it washed away, yeah

Can you tell me how?
When I am looking down and all hope is over
Can you tell me how?
Ten million pieces of my heart to put back together

If I could I'd take hold of myself
Pull me out of this living hell
Can you tell me how?
Can you tell me how?
How? How? How? How? How? How? How?

How do I leave this love behind, how?
Can you tell me how?

If I seem distant
Baby I am
Words are like scissors in your hands
And there's no script to follow
So I just close my eyes
That way it won't hurt so much
When we say goodbye

I feel just like an actress
Up on the stage
I can't believe
What I'm hearing myself say
And the porch light is my spotlight
So I play along with this life
That way it won't hurt so much
When we say goodbye

Did you ever love me?
Does it even matter?
Did you even notice the whole world shatter?
I just want to hold you ‘til you know I'm sorry
But I just keep it all inside
That way it won't hurt so much
When we say goodbye

My heart feels like a circus
It's to much to take in
It's hard to lose love
But you were my best friend

So I walk this high wire
Alone….tonight
That way it won't hurt so much
When we say goodbye

That way it won't hurt so much
When we say goodbye

I kind of like this game,
'Cause I always played it safe
Let a bird out of it's cage
He's gonna fly away

But the thrill of the unknown
Has lead me far away from home
I don't think I wanna go
Back to where I used to be
Like it was before
Every time you look at me
I want something more

I'm starting to shake
This perfect mistake
Could kill me any moment
But that's a chance I gotta take
I'm ready to fall
Break and loose it all
We're dancing on a faultline
And that's about to give away
But I think I'm gonna stay

I just wanna lie
Under burning skies
I have wished this moment
About a million times
Though it's dangerous I know
Why should I say no

I don't wanna have to go
Back to where I used to be
Like it was before
Every time you look at me
I want something more

I'm starting to shake
This perfect mistake
Could kill me any moment
But that's a chance I gotta take
I'm ready to fall
Break and loose it all
We're dancing on a faultline
And that's about to give away
But I think I'm gonna stay

And every breath
Is just a breath away from heartache
And maybe I can wait
But I still wanna breathe you in
Like a summer wind

I'm starting to shake,
This perfect mistake,
Could kill me any moment
But that's a chance I gotta take
I'm ready to fall
Break and loose it all
We're dancing on a faultline
And that's about to give away

I'm starting to shake
This perfect mistake
Could kill me any moment
But that's a chance I gotta take,
I'm ready to fall
Break and loose it all
We're dancing on a faultline
And what's about to give away
But I think I'm gonna stay

It's a great big world to a scared little girl
If you'd smile just right no one knows you might have
A heart full of pain and a soul that can't reign
And a stomach full of butterflies

All that I wanted was just to feel safe
Safe in your arms
Say you didn't mean to
Say I wouldn't understand
But it's time you say something
God knows it's the one thing I need
And the heart you broke
No it wasn't just anybody's heart

So I bit my nails and I held my breath
And I said "I'm fine" yeah I did my best
But you can't tell me you never knew the truth
Of all the fear I felt, how I worried bout you

All that I wanted was just to feel safe
Safe in your arms
Say you didn't mean to
Say I wouldn't understand
But it's time you say something
God knows it's the one thing I need
And the heart you broke
No it wasn't just anybody's heart

I was yours, I was yours
And the heart that you broke
Was devoted and pure
And it wasn't just anybody's heart

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Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah, ah ah
Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah, ah ah
Breathe, breathe, breathe before you get old
sing, sing, sing a song that you know
sleep sleep sleep with someone you love
let them know you do, that you really do

Hold them tight and don't forget
Differences are differences
All the dreams of life that you've been letting go
Blink and then you'll miss it and you'll never know

This could be the moment that turns into a lifetime.

Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah , ah ah
Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah , ah ah

Give, give, give of yourself
Never leave, leave leave better than well
No...do, do, do all you can do
Love them like you want someone to love you

Highs and lows will come your way
There's no need to be afraid
All the dreams of life that you've been letting go
Blink and then you'll miss it and you'll never know

This could be the moment that turns into a lifetime.
Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah , ah ah
And always remember that your brighter days are up ahead (no regrets)
Squeeze them tight and don't forget
Differences are differences
All the dreams of life that you've been letting go
Blink and then you'll miss it and you'll never know

This could be the moment,
this could be the moment that turns into a lifetime.

Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah , ah ah
Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah , ah ah
Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah , ah ah
Ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah , ah ah

I lay beside you; I can't sleep
And you don't even know about me
My back is turned a world away
And you don't even know
These tears are falling
And all my life, and all this time
My love for you has added up to this
It's unbroken, unbroken, unbroken

I've lost your thousand silent screams
I'm coming down this brutal mountain
I'm ready here to try again
Standing in the light from the darkness
And all my life and all my time
And all the hurting and all the working
It somehow made me stronger in the end
It's unbroken, unbroken, unbroken
It's unbroken, unbroken, unbroken

And all my life and all this time
And all the prayin' and all the meeting
And all the beating, it somehow makes us better in the end
It's unbroken, unbroken, unbroken
It's unbroken, unbroken, unbroken
It's unbroken, unbroken, unbroken
It's unbroken, unbroken, unbroken

I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you've got something I need

Well, I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them on to see

I've been lookin' around awhile
You've got something for me
Well, I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key

I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car
Don't go so fast but I go pretty far
For somebody who don't drive, I've been all around the world
Some people say I've done alright for a girl

I asked your mother if you were at home
She said yes but that you weren't alone
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you've got something I need

Well, I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them on to see

Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You've got a brand new key