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Artist: 98 Degrees
Canonical path: /98-degrees/the-only-thing-that-matters
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The Only Thing That Matters
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The Only Thing That Matters
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Late at night
Silence is everywhere
Visions of you in my head
I think of the time that we were meant to share
Lying alone in my bed
I never listened baby
I never took the time
I'm left with memories
Of when you were mine
I don't want to be alone anymore
I want love the way it was before
And I'll do anything to make you see
You're the love of my life
You're the only thing that matters to me
Say it's all right
Tell me that it isn't true
It's something that I just don't understand
All my life I've been waiting for someone like you
But I let you slip through my hands, yeah
What was I thinking baby?
I must have lost my way
Now I'm just a-longing for yesterday
I don't want to be alone anymore
I want love the way it was before
And I'll do anything to make you see
You're the love of my life
You're the only thing that matters to me
I don't want to spend my whole life dreaming
When here in my arms is where you should be
I don't want to be alone anymore
I want love the way it was before
And I'll do anything to make you see
You're the love of my life
You're the only thing that matters, that matters to me
Oh baby yeah, to me
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