Written in these walls are the stories that I cant explain I
leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days She told
me in the morning she dont feel the same about us in our bones
Seems to me that when I die these words will be written on my
stone
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And Ill be gone, gone tonight The ground beneath my feet is
open wide The way that Ive been holding on too tight With nothing
in between
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The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep
her warm And time is frozen (the story of, the story of) The story
of my life I give her hope I spend her love Until shes broke Inside
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
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Written in these walls are the colors that I cant change Leave
my heart open but it stays right here in its cage I know that in
the morning now I see us in the light upon a hill Although I am
broken, my heart is untamed, still
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And Ill be gone gone tonight The fire beneath my feet is
burning bright The way that Ive been holdin on so tight With
nothing in between
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The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep
her warm And time is frozen (The story of, the story of) The story
of my life I give her hope I spend her love until shes broke inside
The story of my life (The story of, the story of)
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And Ive been waiting for this time to come around But baby
running after you is like chasing the clouds
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The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep
her warm And time is frozen The story of my life I give her hope
(give her hope) I spend her love Until shes broke (until shes
broke) inside The story of my life (the story of, the story of) The
story of my life The story of my life (the story of, the story
of)
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Imagery Written in these walls are the stories that I cant
explain. This sentence in the song is just a symbol of their past,
meaning that they must have something in their past that might just
be too hard to put into words.
Slide 12
Hyperbole The ground beneath my feet is open wide. This
sentence in the song does not really mean that the ground beneath
his feet is really opened wide, it is trying to send the message
that he has his whole future ahead of him he has just been too
distracted by her to realize.
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Imagery Written in these wall are the colors that I cant
change. This sentence in the song is just another symbol for their
past, but its really meaning that no matter how much he tries to
forget the past he can still see is like it was that day.
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Hyperbole The fire beneath my feet is burning bright. This
sentence from the song does not literally mean that that fire is
burning beneath his feet, its literal meaning is that he sees the
signs that the relationship isnt going to work he just doesnt want
to believe it.
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Simile But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds.
This sentence from the song is a simile because is uses like. Its
literal meaning is, its nearly impossible to make her stay.
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Hyperbole And time is frozen. This sentence from the song is a
hyperbole because it doesnt really mean that time is frozen. Its
literal meaning is that he feels like time can not go on without
her.