When they ask me whether you mean more to me Than moving pictures on a T.V. screen Am I supposed to say That I was young when you left and you dont keep in touch these days Or that the bottle had its say and took you away? I wonder if you know your family misses you so The hardest lessons learned No matter where you go, no matter where you go Are the ones you learn alone And last time I saw you There was a stranger in the skin of someone I once knew Someone that I thought was stronger than addiction and decay You are the one who got away And now were forced to stand by helpless And watch you sinking like your coast in the pacific waves And I would call even though you wont pick up To hear your voice like a ghost on the machine This is the home of someone you do not know A past life you never wanted to leave. I wonder if you know your family misses you so The hardest lessons learned No matter where you go, no matter where you go Are the ones you learn alone I wonder if you know Its like the time that I burnt my hands on Pops lit cigarette You held me in your arms and said that the pain was something Id forget Now that youre running away from the bed you made yourself I wonder If there is something I could say to take your pain away And I wonder if you know your family misses you so The hardest lessons learned No matter where you go, no matter where you go Are the ones you learn alone
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