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A Problem Of Perspective by Nigel (spOOn) Clements
(Performed under the name Accessory Twelve)

It's a problem of
Perspective
When you find that
All together nothing really matters
Nothing matters
Don’t you understand
That how I feel about you now
Is all that’s left of something
That should last forever
Lost Forever

Except the eyes that lie and the heart that dies
And the breath on your lips that tell the tale of the love that’s lost
Tell the tale of the love that’s lost

Love that’s lost

It’s a reason for
Self-destruction
When you find that all that you ever held dear
Didn’t really matter
Can’t you understand
That how you feel about me now
Is all that’s left of something
That was lost forever
Lost forever

Except the eyes that lie and the heart that dies
And the breath on your lips that tell the tale of the love that’s lost
Tell the tale of the love that’s lost

Love that’s lost

Once you were my baby.
You would have been my bride.
But I chose to leave you
to try and please my pride.

I could have been your hero
we could have found new roads
we could have found that secret place
where no one's been before

Now I know we'll never have the time.
Now I know we'll never find a way.
Now I know you're better on your own.
Got to say I love you anyway.

Chasing after money.
Chasing after wine.
Chasing after women
and wasting all my time.

Got a new perspective.
See a different way.
Once I was a rich man
and threw it all away.

Now I know we'll never make it back.
Now I know you've found a different way.
Now I know I'll never make it home.
Got to say I love you you anyway.
Now I know I'll always be alone.
Got to say I love you you anyway.
Got to say I love you you anyway.

Song Fight Song 043
A Problem of Perspective

The photograph insists
Everything is bliss
But one thing you might miss
I'm not always like this

Perspective hides
All my other lives
But from behind these eyes
There are too many times

I've been a pain in the ass
I've been the snake in the grass
I've been the angel smiling on everyone
I've been the fly on the wall
I've been the drunk at the bar
I've been the voice from far away on the telephone

Saying Hi
How've you been?
It's been too long

© 2008 Weakest Suit Songs

Here is the problem -
The way I see you is
Colored by all the
Things we've been through.
Here is the problem -
The way you see me is
All about the things you
Think I did to you.

That's how a problem of
Perspective seems to work;
Gets in the way of love.
Once we think we've been hurt
We say we've had enough
We lose the will to trust;
That's what a problem of
Perspective does to us.

Love keeps no score of
Wrongs they tell me
But my eyes won't open and
My heart won't let go.
We make assumptions
Despite the things we see,
We deny the evidence
We trust what we thnk we know.

(chorus)

At least two sides to every story.
At least one truth for every lie.
The optomist afraid to disbelieve,
The pessimist afraid to try.

(chorus)

A Problem of Perspective
or: John Cusack's Song

Standing alone in the dark in the woods
You said I could've kissed you but I didn't know I could
Standing in the water in the shower next to mine
I can hear you calling to someone walking by

You're so pure that we can't talk together now
So I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have worked out
It's just something I can't help thinking about

Lying on tables you talk and we see stars
Lying in bed your dreams are familiar and bizarre
There was a report from your mother after the time had passed
Then there was another guy because I'd been afraid to act

You're so pure there's things I don't want to tell you now
I'm sure it's best that things didn't work out
It's just something I can't help thinking about

Everything looks better from far away
It gets all distorted when it's right in your face
So which is better is hard to say
It's a decision I'm always having to make.