The idea

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[VERSE 1] we met, we loved, we fought i really got to know you [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea, mmmmm [BG VOX:] oh eh you let me in and i came straight through i gave you so many chances more than i should do [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea, mmmmm [BG VOX:] ou ou but you didn’t really want me you liked the idea and i did too [CHORUS] once it happened, it was over [BG VOX:] oh eh once i knew, i knew i had to say goodbye to us to save me and save you [BG VOX:] ou ou for your life for my life for the truth we couldn’t show [BG VOX:] oh eh once it happened, it was over and i had to let you go [VERSE 2] we talked like it was something we held it like it stayed [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea, mmmmm [BG VOX:] oh eh but every time i reached you you were somewhere far away i kept hoping you would notice what i was trying to prove [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea, mmmmm [BG VOX:] ou ou but you didn’t really want me you liked the idea and i did too [PRE-CHORUS] and once the line was crossed [BG VOX:] oh eh there was nothing left to say i knew it in my body before i knew the way [BG VOX:] ou ou [CHORUS] once it happened, it was over [BG VOX:] oh eh once i knew, i knew i had to say goodbye to us to save me and save you [BG VOX:] ou ou for your life for my life for the truth we couldn’t show [BG VOX:] oh eh once it happened, it was over and i had to let you go [VERSE 3] i’m sad about that moment i still turn it in my mind [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea, mmmmm [BG VOX:] oh eh not because i think we lost love but because we lost the time and maybe in another version we’d have known what not to do [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea, mmmmm [BG VOX:] ou ou but you didn’t really want me you liked the idea and i did too [BRIDGE] the idea of us was warmer than the room [BG VOX:] oh eh the idea of us left too much to lose [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea the idea of us kept pulling us back through [BG VOX:] ou ou but the truth was standing there and i think we always knew [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea [FINAL CHORUS] once it happened, it was over [BG VOX:] it was over [BG VOX:] oh eh once i knew, i knew i had to say goodbye to us to save me [AD-LIB:] meeeee and save you [AD-LIB:] ooooouuu [BG VOX:] ou ou for your life for my life for the love we couldn’t grow [BG VOX:] oh eh once it happened, it was over and i had to let you go [BG VOX:] ou ou [OUTRO] you liked the idea and i did too [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea, mmmmm [BG VOX:] oh eh [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea, mmmmm [BG VOX:] ou ou you liked the idea [BG VOX:] like the idea and i did too [BG VOX:] did too mmmmm [BG VOX | LONG DRAWN OUT:] the idea [BG VOX:] oh eh [BG VOX:] ou ou i’ve realised i never knew i never knew i’ll never know