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Artist: Ryan Tedder
Canonical path: /ryan-tedder/fading-photographs
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Fading Photographs
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Fading Photographs
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All the pictures still on the wall
They've seen better days 'til now, but I can't take them down
It's like you're running just to learn to crawl
It's like all the love we made is just the rise before the fall
Well time's the only friend you have 'cause
When all you have is fading photographs 'cause nothing ever lasts
I'll be honest without you I don't feel like me
When all your better days wave goodbye and no matter how hard you try
It hurts, but honestly
Not ever loving you is the only thing that would be worse
The letter said baby, don't change your plans and do what you can to live your life
I promise everything will be alright
But everywhere I go, there you are hiding in the laughter of a stranger
I suppose that's the danger of pushing you away from me
When all you have is fading photographs 'cause nothing ever lasts
I'll be (I'll be) honest without you I don't feel like me
When all your better days wave goodbye and no matter how hard you try
It hurts, but honestly
If I never loved you I would've spent a thousand nights alone
I would always wonder, but never know
How amazing it could feel to have someone that's always there to hold
Never practiced our restraint
We pushed too far, enough to break
And break it did, and now my sin is I can't let you go
When all you have is fading photographs 'cause nothing ever lasts
I'll be honest without you I don't feel like me
When all your better days wave goodbye and no matter how hard you try (don't you know)
It hurts, but honestly
I wouldn't change a thing
When all you have is fading photographs 'cause nothing ever lasts
I'll be honest without you I don't feel like me
When all your better days wave goodbye and no matter how hard you try
It hurts, but honestly
If I never loved you, if I never loved you
You'll be the only thing that could be worse
Staring at these photographs, these photographs
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