Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Matchbox Twenty
Canonical path: /matchbox-20/the-way
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Way
Read The Way lyrics by Matchbox Twenty on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Way
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All I see
Lying there in front of me
Maybe we were here before
I just didn't wanna believe
But in all that time we never talked
You wrote it down so I couldn't ignore it
This is the way you want it to be
This is the way you want it to be
Oh, this is the way you want it to be
Guess you don't want me
We had love
Always thought it would be enough
Oh, but then it goes away
But I don't really wanna give up
It feels like hell to let you walk
Bet it all down but I couldn't afford it
This is the way you want it to be
This is the way you want it to be
Oh, this is the way you want it to be
Guess you don't want me
And I never really said it before
But I really should have given you so much more
But this is the way you want it to be
This is the way you want it to be
Oh, this is the way you want it to be
Guess you don't want me
Guess you don't want me
No
Guess you don't want me
Yeah, you don't want
Guess you don't want
Me
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Matchbox Twenty performs "The Way", and this lyric page sits inside the Matchbox Twenty catalog on LyroVerse.
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