[David Plato] I fell into Lizz at a party Spilled my drink on her dress We got to talkin’, we got to talkin’ As I cleaned up the mess I fell into most of a decade Playing house by her side Happily floating happily floating Carried off by the tide There’s not much else to tell I fell I fell into what felt like love Till the day a blank-faced paint-stained stranger in a mud-truck Passed by me, why me? lightin’ up a blood rush Our by-chance side-glance strikin’ like a gut punch Said everything but words I plummеted upwards Crashing through the ceiling And now thе love I felt before Is just an outline, an echo A shadow of the real thing Crashing through the ceiling And now the love I fell into before Is just an outline, an echo A shadow of the real thing [Lizz Plato] I fell below everyone’s standards Blended into the wall Till I met David, till I met David Didn’t think that he’d call I fell into place and together Went along for the ride Happily floating happily floating Carried off with the tide There’s not much else to tell I fell I fell into what felt like love Till the office new guy flew by, poppin’ in to talk shop We crack jokes, stand close, back up like we got caught We link eyes, feels like we can make the clock stop I’m not fond of Fridays I’m tumbling sideways [Lizz Plato, David Plato, Both] I leave work every evening But now the love I fell into before Is just an outline (an outline) an echo (an echo) A shadow of the real thing (shadow of the real thing) I leave work every evening But now the love I fell into before Is just an outline (an outline) an echo (an echo) A shadow of the real thing (shadow of the real thing) It’s just an outline, an echo A shadow of the real thing (shadow of the real thing) [Lizz Plato & David Plato] I don’t know how to go back I don’t know how to go back home I’m caught between what’s false and what’s fact I look through the window At what’s gone or just cracked I don’t know how to go back I don’t know how to go back home I’m caught between what’s right and what’s not I look through the window It’s not quite what I thought And now I’m lost in limbo I fell into uncharted waters Sinking deeper and up Never to surface never to surface I may never get out I may never get out I may never get out There’s not much else to tell I fell I fell into what felt like love Till I sensed a slight drift, light-shift, “nice” turned into “just fine” I got close, almost thought I'd leave the one time Our chit-chat this-that battle on the front line A silent and slow burn The dinners with no words Just knives and forks and breathing She’d die if this ended A freefall suspended We took a vow with these rings But now the love I fell into before Is just an outline an echo A shadow of the real thing We took a vow with these rings But now the love I fell into before Is just an outline (an outline) an echo (an echo) A shadow of the real thing (a shadow of the real thing) Just an outline (an outline) an echo (an echo) A shadow of the real thing (a shadow of the real thing) [David Plato] Just an outline An echo A shadow
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