Broken Paths

Smokin’ a cigarette, chasing what’s real

Don’t know where I’m goin’, but I know how I feel

Lost in this life, just hangin’ on

Tryin’ my best just to move along

But I keep thinkin’ about a girl I knew

Different kinda light in a world so cruel

She was strong, yeah she was good

Better than I ever understood

Yeah she’s damn near perfect, and I ain’t her man

Still I’d give her everything I am

Talkin’ under stars, sayin’ things I shouldn’t say

Knowin’ in my heart she’s gonna drift away

Yeah I want a chance, but I know I can’t stay

Some things feel right… but slip away

We’ve been down this road a time or two

Say we’re done being that way, but I want it to stay

She don’t want it, I should let it die

But I keep lookin’ through that same old lie

Smilin’ like I’m fine, but it’s breakin’ me…, what do I do

Every little thing that I can’t undo

She’s hard to love, yeah that might be true

But leavin’ her alone is somethin’ I can’t do

Yeah she’s damn near perfect, and I ain’t her man

Still I’d give her everything I am

Talkin’ under stars, sayin’ things I shouldn’t say

Knowin’ in my heart she’s gonna drift away

Yeah I want a chance, but I know I can’t stay

Some things feel right… but slip away

Seven months and she’ll be gone

And I’ll be stuck right where I’m from

Two hearts that almost had their wings

But couldn’t find the ring

She sees me clear, yeah she believes

But she’s got wounds I can’t relieve

Tryin’ to fix what time won’t heal

Holdin’ onto somethin’ real

Final Chorus (softer)

Yeah she’s near perfect… I understand

Why she won’t take this broken hand

We had our nights, we had our flame

But some forever’s never come true