"Believe" Lyrics

the longer I stay
the more I seem to lose
it's an argument I use
to take me away
and the closer I get
the less of me there is
I remember it like this
to make me forget

yeah the older I grow
the more of me is gone
it's a way of holding on
to let myself go
and the louder I shout
the less I really care
it's the attitude I wear
to get myself out

the strange thing is
I have to change that all
seems so sure you would stay at my door
the strange thing is
I have to have to change that all
wanted so much to believe
maybe too much to believe

but the harder I try
the less I ever do
I convince myself it's true
and the sooner I start
the more of me is wrong
it's a kind of putting on
to tear me apart
yeah the closer I get
the less of me there is
I remember it
and the longer I stay
the more I seem to lose