I won't be the circus for you to star in
I won't leave you roses to watch them die
You won't be the heartache that keeps me sleepless
You won't be the songs that I could never write
I don't want to stay, I don't want to fall
I don't want to have to see you leave me
I don't want to stay, I don't want to fall in love
Maybe I'm a fake, maybe you're a lie
Maybe our last chance died with last night
I don't want to stay, I don't want to fall in love with you again
I won't be a fortress for you to hide in
I won't be the first one you think to call
You won't be the regrets that I can't live with
And we won't be the last ones to ever have to lose it all
When we're scared and lonely
We will tell ourselves we're only
Just a word from what we needed
But we know that this ain't right
I don't want to stay, I don't want to fall
I don't want to have to see you leave me
I don't want to stay, I don't want to fall in love
Maybe I'm a fake, maybe you're a lie
Maybe our last chance died with last night
I don't want to stay, I don't want to fall in love with you again
I can't stay
I can't fall for you again
All songs written by Bear Rinehart and Bo Rinehart
Walter Ego Music (ASCAP) / Needtobreathe Music (BMI)
Behind the Song:'Again is a bit of a deceiving song. On the first listen, it may sound like an average love
song, but it’s actually about trying to end a relationship that you know isn’t going to
work. All of us have either been in or known someone who has been in a relationship for
way too long, but can’t seem to break from it. Most of the time we talk ourselves into
staying in the situation because of familiarity or possibly the fear of having to start over.
We wanted to have the song represent not only the moment when you’ve decided to
move on, but also the struggle to get there. We wrote a lot of the songs in preparation for
going into the studio, but this was one that we wrote while we were in the recording
process. That helps to keep songs close to their most organic form because we don’t
have the time to over-think things.' - Needtobreathe