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Maroon 5 – The Way I Was lyrics
Making love to a picture frame
One more time tonight
You can tell by the lines in her smile
Something is not right

Where are you hiding (hiding)
She's on the outside
I'm on the inside crying (crying)
Just another crazy boy
Hungry for your

Hot love
Wrap yourself around me like a
Warm glove
The emptiness leaves me and I
Feel the never need to
Go back to the way I was
The way I was

I tried and tried and tried and tried
But I have no concept of consequence
And I'm a master of self defence
Days get longer
Life gets shorter
She rips me like no other
So oh dripping from head to toe

Where are you hiding (hiding)
She's on the outside
I'm on the inside crying (crying)

Hot love
Wrap yourself around me like a
Warm glove
The emptiness leaves me and I
Feel the never need to
Go back to the way I was
The way I was

Hot love
Wrap yourself around me like a
Warm glove
The emptiness leaves me and I
Feel the never need to
Go back to the way I was
The way I was

I can't make the same mistake
If you lose my love
It was yours to take

Break down your door
Take a little more
When I need you around

And I'm so terrified of leaving
It's a new low
Try and pick me up again but
Let go see how far I get without you
Desperately need more of your

Hot love
Wrap yourself around me like a
Warm glove
The emptiness leaves me and I
Feel the never need to
Go back to the way I was
The way I was

Hot love
Wrap yourself around me like a
Warm glove
The emptiness leaves me and I
Feel the never need to
Go back to the way I was
The way I was
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Making love to a picture frame One more time tonight You can tell by the lines in her smile Something is not right Where are you hiding (hiding) She's on the outside I'm on the inside crying (crying) Just another crazy boy Hungry for your Hot love Wrap yourself around me like a Warm glove The emptiness leaves me and I Feel the never need to Go back to the way I was The way I was I tried and tried and tried and tried But I have no concept of consequence And I'm a master of self defence Days get longer Life gets shorter She rips me like no other So oh dripping from head to toe Where are you hiding (hiding) She's on the outside I'm on the inside crying (crying) Hot love Wrap yourself around me like a Warm glove The emptiness leaves me and I Feel the never need to Go back to the way I was The way I was Hot love Wrap yourself around me like a Warm glove The emptiness leaves me and I Feel the never need to Go back to the way I was The way I was I can't make the same mistake If you lose my love It was yours to take Break down your door Take a little more When I need you around And I'm so terrified of leaving It's a new low Try and pick me up again but Let go see how far I get without you Desperately need more of your Hot love Wrap yourself around me like a Warm glove The emptiness leaves me and I Feel the never need to Go back to the way I was The way I was Hot love Wrap yourself around me like a Warm glove The emptiness leaves me and I Feel the never need to Go back to the way I was The way I was Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: Adam Levine
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    This song is so underrated, it should have been at least on It Won't Be Long Before Long. As for the meaning, I think it's just about finding a time in your life, or a person, who you are satisfied with, therefore never needing to go back to how you were.
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