This is one of several really great songs off of the new Jimmy Eat World album, Chase This Light. Over the past 8 years, this band has produced three of my favorite CDs: Clarity (1999), Jimmy Eat World (2001), and Futures (2004). I’m always a little nervous when a new CD is released, but they have never disappointed me yet. This is a fantastic album!

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Could have been a night like any other
One of us has to drive, one of us gets to think
I’ll force a laugh to break the silence
It’s going to get harder still
Before it gets easy
You can’t keep safe what wants to break

I’m alone in this as I’ve always been:
Right behind what’s happening
She’s lost in this, she’s like she’ll always be:
A little far for me to reach

I was just a boy like every other
Thought I was something fierce
Thought I was ten times smarter
Love would be something that I’d just know
How are you going to know the feeling until you’ve lost it?

I’ve been losing plenty since
I’m alone in this as I’ve always been:
Right behind what’s happening
She’s lost in this, she’s like she’ll always be:
A little far for me to reach

Maybe something else I’m missing
Something good and your the reason
It’s a dream but there’s a real world waiting

I’m alone in this as I’ve always been:
Right behind what’s happening
She’s lost in this, she’s like she’ll always be:
A little far for me to reach
(repeat)