[Verse 1]
Roses and cigarettes
That season came and went
Do you remember when
We were unstoppable
Midnight on New Year’s Eve
Kissed you out in the street
You smiled and said to me
Anything’s possible
[Pre-Chorus]
I know I …
[Intro]
(Sorry, I couldn’t love you)
I can’t keep going around in these circles
When I know we’re falling apart
(Sorry that, sorry that I couldn’t love you)
Anymore
[Verse 1]
It’s already been two years, and …
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I wish love was simple
Maybe then I’d be the person that you wish for
When you’re lying next to me
‘Cause I thought that you meant it
When you said you wanted …
[Verse 1]
Talk to me, whispers in the night
I always wondered what it’s like to love someone
You take my heart, go starting fires
I’m headed home now that I know where I …
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Red flags
You look for red flags
I’ve never see ’em
Star signs
I watch the night sky
You don’t believe ’em
[Pre-Chorus]
And now you think
You need a second
You need a second
Said you see right through me
But I think …
I could slow down
Waste away in this town
Standing on the sidewalk
Watching this parade1
Or we could get out
Pack our suitcase right now2
Find ourselves a bus stop3
Make our own way!4
Cause it feel like I’ve been here forever5
Afraid to be my father, and afraid to leave him too!6
But it’s my name I painted on the doorway7
Tells me where I came from and what I gotta do!8
Whatever this goes (goes)
No matter how far (far)
Baby, you are the song9 that’s written in our heart10
Whatever we stand, wherever we fall
Don’t matter at all, cause I will be forever yours11
From this moment till the day curtains close12
Wherever this goes!13
So we’re here now
Finally found our way out14
On the road to some place
Some place that we don’t know!15
But it’s alright, keep on driving all night
Straight on to till morning, I know its a way to go16
Cause it feel like we’ve been here forever
I don’t how much further and where we’re going to17
But it’s our name I painted on the doorway
It doesn’t say where we came from, and what we gotta do
Oh, oh, oh whatever this goes (goes)
No matter how far (far)
Baby, you are the song that’s written in our heart
Whatever we stand, wherever we fall
Don’t matter at all, cause I will be forever yours
From this moment till the day curtains close
Don’t matter at all, cause I will be forever yours
Wherever this goes!
No matter how far, baby you are the song it’s written on my heart
Wherever we stand, wherever we fall
Don’t matter at all, cause I will be forever yours
From this moment till the day curtains close
Don’t matter at all, cause I will be forever yours
Wherever this goes18
The Fray opens “Break Your Plans” singing about the possibilities of spending one’s whole life in the same place.
Alternatively, The Fray suggests the possibility of living a spontaneous, transient, and adventurous life.
“Find ourselves a bus stop” means “find a distant place to settle down.”
“Make our own way” means not conforming to the status quo.
When one remains in the same place for a pro-longed period of time, he or she becomes sick and tired of that place.
One often thinks of the unknown future with great fear. Being the same as one’s predecessors and being different than them are both scary thoughts.
To paint one’s name on a doorway is to claim one’s territory as his own home.
The Fray believes that one’s sense of home gives him a sense of purpose and identity.
A romantic relationship should be prioritized, even if it has the capacity to crumble.
“Our heart” signifies the romantic unity that the couple shares.
When one is engaged deeply in a loving relationship, all of the details in life seem much more trivial.
“The day curtains close” is the day of one’s death.
The Fray is committed to journeying into the unknown.
A sense of calling and purpose has been discovered outside of their dull hometown.
The Fray likes the idea of adventuring out into the world without a sense of a destination.
Journeying into the unknown of the future is no easy task. It is a big commitment.
The future is uncertain.
This final stanza of “Break Your Plans” tells listeners that no matter what experiences one encounters in life, those experiences will seem relatively trivial if one has shared life together with another person.
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