I've Heard It All Before

There was a time in life when I thought it was that easy
the truth was just the truth
a lie was just a lie
a tooth for a tooth
and things move on
but now I've heard it all before

I can't believe I thought it was that easy
Now if you're knocking on my door
the bell it never works
and I can't hear you over the down pour
the pounding and the screaming
but somehow I'm still sure
"I've heard it all before"

This time has come and gone
the memories that we built up
don't seem quite as strong
the seconds that I gave you that you let just fall away
the words I wrote with heart
I watched you rip and drift away

into the storm
here you are at my door
I just can't hear
over the thunder
I just can't hear you anymore
& I can't hear you through the echoes of
"I've heard it all before"

When I thought it was that easy
to pour out every breath that hit my lips
I remember it like yesterday
the lies, the screams, the bites, the grips
When I swore and changed for evermore
and watched you walk right through that door
you stand by
watched you run right passed that porch
that keeps you dry
You said "I've heard it all before"

This time has come and gone
the memories that we built up
don't seem quite as strong
the seconds that I gave you that you let just fall away
the words I wrote with heart
I watched you rip and drift away

There was a time in life when I thought it was that easy
the truth was just the truth
a lie was just a lie
a tooth for a tooth

into the storm
here you are at my door
I just can't hear
over the thunder
I just can't hear you anymore
& I can't hear you through the echoes of
"I've heard it all before"

No Baby
Now I have
I've heard it all before