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Artist: Ben Kweller
Canonical path: /ben-kweller/i-need-you-back
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I Need You Back
Read I Need You Back lyrics by Ben Kweller on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Need You Back
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Take me back when you think that it's good.
It feels worse than they said it would.
You're gone but not forever.
When I know that I¹m never wanted
I tuck away in my turtle shell.
I've standed on this hex forever.
I need you back, I need you here,
to take away all of my pain and then my fear.
Hey! I need you back.
Like a ghost on his darkest visit,
you got my soul, now baby why is it
gone gone gone? Take it from me.
You are free if you can sleep at night,
you really must be hard if you're feeling alright.
Hey hey hey, we¹re way uptown, we gotta turn around.
I need you back, I need you here,
to take away all of my pain and then my fear.
Hey! I need you back.
I need you back, I need you here,
to take away all of my pain and then my fear.
Hey! I need you back.
(I¹m so lost without you.)
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