Lizzy McAlpine - Give Me a Minute Album Lyrics

Give me a minute
Just one will do
I'll say goodbye, to gossamer skies
The city will move out of frame
But it's still you
Who remains

Give me a minute
Kiss me again
I'll say goodbye, to cloudy blue skies
I'd trade all I got in my name
For you instead
Of this pain

Maybe it's time to forget you
Maybe it's time to throw dirt upon your name
Or place blame
But it's no one's fault
No it's no one's fault
We're just late

I'll give you a minute
Let you have peace
I'll say farewell, to what I can't tell
I bet that you'll do just the same
And maybe I'm
What remains

I don't wanna leave
So tell me why I'm going
I don't wanna leave
But I'm gone
I don't wanna leave
But I'm already running
And if you ask what's wrong
"Nothing"

Oh I'm so sorry
I'm a fool
I'm so sorry
For what I'm about to do

Here's your shirt I stole
Take back what you gave me to hold
I can wear my own coat when it's cold
I don't need yours
Cause I don't think I can do this anymore

I'm not sorry
That I loved you til I couldn't breathe
It was lovely
But I know that it's not what I need
It was good
But it's time for me to leave

Something doesn't feel right
Maybe it's the time
Something doesn't feel like it used to
And nothing really rhymes
Maybe it's the changing of the seasons
Or maybe it's a sign

Something doesn't sit well
Maybe it's the food
Something doesn't fit, well I think I always knew
That it could be the way I don't speak Spanish
Or it could be you

He feels good to come home to
But not to stay
I'm afraid
That he feels good to hold on to
But it feels good to say
That I'd be okay
Without you, I'd feel the same

I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone
All at once
And I don't know, I don't know
How to get back what was
Is it something in the wind or the rain that makes me
Sad n stuff?
Or is it just you?

He feels good to come home to but
Not to stay

Does this make sense to you?
Cause it doesn't make sense to me
Does this have weight for you?
Cause it doesn't have weight for me

And I think my mind is far away
Sort of strange, this is
But I think I'll call you anyway
Call collect, cause baby this is

An over the ocean call
And I thought I could make it short
But my brain's all out of sorts
I can't hide it
I'm staring at my wall
And I thought that I wouldn't cry
But breaking your heart breaks mine
I can't hide it
An over the ocean call
Is how I told him
This isn't working anymore

I needed space from you
But this doesn't look like space to me
You hate the things I do
And sometimes you hate me

But I think my mind is far away
Sort of strange, this is
But I think I'll call you anyway
Call collect, cause baby this is

An over the ocean call
And I thought I could make it short
But my brain's all out of sorts
I can't hide it
I'm staring at my wall
And I thought that I wouldn't cry
But breaking your heart breaks mine
I can't hide it
An over the ocean call
Is how I told him
This isn't working anymore

I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine
I'll call from over the ocean
This time, this time, this time
I'll break your heart through the phone, I

I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine
I'll call from over the ocean
This time, this time, this time
I'll break your heart through the phone

With an over the ocean call
And I thought I could make it short
But my brain's all out of sorts
I'm staring at my wall
And I thought that I wouldn't cry
But breaking your heart breaks mine
An over the ocean call
Is how I told him
This isn't working anymore

I knew that you loved me
When you walked me to class in the dark
I knew that you loved me
When you ran to the store for a card
You couldn't find a pen so you
Asked someone sweetly
You wrote out a note and you
Ran back to meet me
And gave it to me on the bridge
I said I would never forget this
And I never did

I knew that you loved me
When you walked me back home one night
I knew that you loved me
When I saw that my shoe was untied
You bent down to tie it
In the middle of the street
There was snow everywhere
It was turning to sleet but I
Knew when you looked up at me
This was where I was meant to be

So why?
Why did you have to go?
Why did you have to go so soon?
And why?
Why did you leave me there?
Why did you leave me without you?
And why did I think I knew?

I knew that you loved me
But you told me we just weren't right
And I knew that I loved you
When I couldn't fall asleep that night
I miss hearing all of your favorite songs
And I wish I could tell you to turn it all off
One more time
And everyone laughs
And then it is quiet

Why?
Why did you have to go?
Why did you have to go so soon?
And why?
Why did you leave me there?
Why did you leave me without you?
And why did I think I knew?

I am good with directions
I can find my way just by looking at stars
I have not lost my senses
I can find my wind through a room in the dark

But I don't know
How to figure out where to go
From here

I'm lost and confused
Where do I go without you?
Where do I go without you?

I'm the breeze on a fall day
I don't stop to think, I don't catch my breath
I have memorized places and feelings
I know them all like the back of my hand

And I don't know
How to figure out where to go
From here

Now I'm alone on this island
I drink so I don't think of you
Now I'm alone, I don't know if
This was the right thing to do

Where do I go without you?

I wanna tell you I miss you
But that contradicts what I told you before
I wanna tell you I love you
But do I really know how I feel anymore?

And I don't know
How to figure out where to go
From here

I'm lost and confused
Where do I go without you?
Where do I go without you?

Oh, I'm headed to the mountains
I'll be back in a week or two
Don't you try to reach me, 'cause I won't pick up for you
I've got some things I need to do

Hmm-mm

Oh, I'm headed to the mountains
Where the air is sweet and new
Don't you try to reach me, 'cause I don't wanna talk to you
I've got some thinking to do

I'm trying to let go
I think it could help being alone
And I'm trying not to let you make me cry
I've spilled too many tears
And I think I deserve to be alone

And don't you try to reach me while I pick myself up and go
I've gotta do this on my own
I need to build myself a home

Oh, oh
Ooh
Oh-oh

Oh, I'm headed to the mountains
The only place I feel at peace
And I knew you'd come after me, so I threw away your keys
But I know you never go when I say leave
I'm headed to the mountains, don't wait up for me

I'll go softly
So you don't hear a thing
I won't waste my time
Saying things that I don't mean

'Cause we're too young
And I don't want to fall just quite yet
It was you, love
But now I'm alone again

I saw your name on a street sign
In the middle of nowhere
And that has to mean something
I know your zodiac sign
Me and Leo's get along great
And that has to mean something
But for some reason
You're not here
And I refuse to believe
That means something

I felt the way that you hugged me
When I was broken inside
And that has to mean something
When we got too drunk that night
And that had to mean something
But for some reason
You're not here
And I refuse to believe
That means something

Every time I think too much
It ends up crazy
But I don't know how to not think about you
Every time I trust my gut
I think I'm crazy
Cause I don't know how to put my trust in you
Do you think it means something
That I wrote another song about you?

If I had the chance
To see the northern lights
I would book the next flight
And I'd buy a jacket

If I had the chance
To see snow fall for the first time
I would stop and rewind
To re-find the magic

But if there was ever a chance to tell you
That I think about you every single day
I don't know if I could take that chance
Or take your hand and say

You are on my mind
When I miss the snow
You show up when I
Hear that song or I
Finally start watching that TV show
I don't know why every time
That I think of home
I can picture you standing in the cold
But I
I'm scared
Cause I don't know
If you and I are in the same boat

If I had the chance
If you asked out of the blue
How I really truly feel about you
I don't have a clue how that would go

But if I had the chance
Would I really tell you?
Would I bare my soul and maybe end up crying in the bathroom?
Or would I ask you to kiss me slow?

Cause you are on my mind
When I miss the snow
You show up when I
Hear that song or I
Finally start watching that TV show
I don't know why every time
That I think of home
I can picture you standing in the cold
But I
I'm scared
Cause I don't know
If you and I are in the same boat

Don't wanna be forward
Don't wanna cross a line
But if I were to crash in this plane tonight
I'd want you to know this

Don't wanna say too much
Intrude on your space
But if I were to crash and I never made it home
I'd want you to know this

Oh, and to tell you is too scary
So I'll just say something else
And I wish that you could hear me
When I talk to myself
But this plane might not land safely
So what the hell do I have to lose?
If I just tell you

I wanna eat pancakes for dinner
I wanna get stuck in your head
I wanna watch a TV show together
And when we're under the weather we can watch it in bed
I wanna go out on the weekends
I wanna dress up just to get undressed
I think that I should probably tell you this in case there is an accident
And I never see you again
So please save all your questions for the end
And maybe I'll be brave enough by then

Don't wanna say something wrong
Don't wanna be weird
But if you're still in love with her, I think that I'll leave it there
And I won't ever tell you this

Oh, 'cause to tell you is too scary
So I'll just say something else
Like how was fall semester?
And what was that song about?
I'll try to hide the way I feel
But I just wanna shout
What do I have to lose right now?

I wanna eat pancakes for dinner
I wanna get stuck in your head
I wanna watch a TV show together
And when we're under the weather we can watch it in bed
I wanna go out on the weekends
I wanna dress up just to get undressed
I think that I should probably tell you this in case there is an accident
And I never see you again
So please save all your questions for the end
And maybe I'll be brave enough by then

Or maybe I won't ever say what's in my head
No, I won't have to say anything
You'll say it instead

I'm a little scared you'll leave
Even though you tell me you won't
I'm a little scared of being
Someone that you're scared to love
But you don't talk the way he did
And you don't say the things he did
And I'm not who I was back then
But still

I'm a little scared to speak
Cause I can't find the words to say
That I don't wanna make this about me
I just can't hold it in today
But you don't play the games he did
And you don't make me feel like shit
And my mom likes you more than him
But still

How do I tell you
That I've come to like the pain?
How do I tell you
That I don't know what it means
To be happy with somebody
Don't know anything bout that
Who the hell can write a love song
Without making it too sad
That's all I've been
How do I tell you
How do I tell you
I got it from him?

I'm a little prone to feel
A little overwhelmed with it all
Cause you are someone I want to know
And I hope that you don't let me fall
You make sure I get home safe
And you always know what to say
And I feel like I've found my place
But still

How do I tell you
That I've come to like the pain?
How do I tell you
That I don't know what it means
To be happy with somebody
Don't know anything bout that
Who the hell can write a love song
Without making it too sad
That's all I've been
How do I tell you
How do I tell you
I got it from him?

How do I tell you
I got it from him?

Some days I'm lonely
And some days I'm not
Some days I am only
A little bit sad, not a lot

How do you?
How do you make a home?
What to do?
Cause I never stay too long

Every house looks the same in my dreams
Every house feels like home for a couple weeks
I've been running 'round trying to find a place where I can breathe
But me oh my
I found you under an April sky
And you feel like
City life, apple pie baked just right
Home is wherever you are tonight

Some days feel empty
And some days feel whole
Some day we can be in the same city
Some day we'll be grown and I'll be

Fine with packing up
Cardboard boxes filled and sad farewells
And I'll be fine with that goodbye
As long as I don't say goodbye to you as well

Cause every house looks the same in my dreams
Every house feels like home for a couple weeks
I've been running 'round trying to find a place where I can breathe
But me oh my
I found you under an April sky
And you feel like
City life, apple pie baked just right
Home is wherever you are tonight

Let's rent a place
Two rooms and a window facing
Buildings and fire escapes
Might be no AC
A little bit cramped, but see if
I'm with you it's okay

Me oh my
I found you under an April sky
And you feel like
City life, apple pie baked just right
Home is wherever you are tonight

Headstones and land mines
Flowers and red wines
They buy you nice things
And they sing pretty songs
But it doesn't help

Oak trees and dirt piles
Funerals and mistrials
They say pretty words
And they hug from 6 feet
But it doesn't help

And nothing works
But time
And it all hurts
But it's fine

Chaos and carpet
A study in scarlet
The room doesn't talk
And the furniture nods
As I pass

Heights marked in pencil
Kitchen utensils
The books don't say sorry
They don't crowd and touch
They're just observers
Collecting their dust
They know that nothing they say is enough
So they don't say a thing