crooked smiles

Over the past week or so I’ve taken up the much procrastinated task of sorting my music folder. And as I’ve been playing my entire folder, to sort out those songs that i want to keep in the ‘current’ folder, every now and then there’s a song that gets me thinking. You know, the whole time portal bit.. then there are songs which i realize I never really gave much thought to, but I love now, and then there are those that I rediscover my love for. So after nearly 3-4 months of being bored of music altogether, I have finally rediscovered my love for it thanks to this arduous task.

And then right now, there was a song that only after the first verse caught my ear.. and I couldn’t believe how amazingly it captured my thougts from another time. And i’m not even exaggerating here.. but every single line of this song reminded me of this phase post my break up with K, where I was a little less bitter and little more sad. As the song kept playing, I couldn’t help but smile and strangely (and thankfully) there was no sorrow or pain that those memories brought back – not this time atleast!

The song in question.. What happened to us by Hoobastank (umm does the name mean anything?)

[Verse 1]
I thought it was too good to be true
i found somebody who understands me
someone who would help me to get through
and fill an emptiness i had inside me
but you kept inside and i just denied
somethings that we should have both said
i knew it was too good to be true
’cause i’m the only one who understands me…

[Chorus]:
What happened to us?
we used to be so perfect, now we’re lost and lonely
what happened to us?
and deep inside i wonder, did i lose my only?

[Verse 2]
remember they thought we were too young
to really know what it takes to make it
but we had survived off what we have done
so we could show them all that they’re mistaken
but who could have known, the lies that would grow,
until we could see right through them
remember they knew we were too young
we still dont know what it takes to make it…

[Chorus]
What happened to us?
we used to be so perfect, now we’re lost and lonely
what happened to us?
and deep inside i wonder, did i lose my only one?

[Verse 3]
we could have made it work, we could have found a way
we shoud of have done our best to see another day
but we kept it all inside until it was too late
and now we’re both alone, the consequence we pay
for throwing it all away, for throwing it all away…

[Chorus]
What happened to us?
we used to be so perfect, now we’re lost and lonely
what happened to us?
and deep inside i wonder, did i lose my only?

What happened to us?
What happened to us?
What happened to us?
What happened to us?

lyrics are courtesy Sing365.com