Twelve Months Eleven Days

Written by gary barlow

The telephone it never rings when you wanted to ring
When it rings it's never the voice you needed to hear
It's funny how the radio sings the words you meant to say
When you need a smile, you only find a tear
I'm in deep regret i'm trying to forget
But hope you'll never sleep when we're apart
All that i've given, given away,
Is all that i need here tonight
All that i try to, try to forget
It's the more this empty heart seems to fight
It fights for all that i've given away
The day it never goes too fast when you needed it to pass
Every corner of the night loneliness sleeps
And though i'll never hear the answers
To the questions that i've had asked
I often wonder what our future could have been
(what our future could have been)
This deep regret makes it harder to accept
With love i payed the price from the heart
All that i've given, given away,
Is all that i need here tonight
All that i try to, try to forget,
Is the more this empty heart seems to fight
It fights for all that i've given away
When i know the lord of changes slowly turn you upside down
And the pieces of your life fall all around,
And the times it's hard to recognise the place you've always lived
Where's the sun, where's the sky, what is love,
What is life, you are mine (oh-oh)
You were mine
And i'm feeling now

Out of the water, feeling down, feeling cold
Into the fire, to a world i'd never known
God i'm so tired, been a long long road to here
But god it's been worth it, when i feel your body near

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With your arms around me, love surrounds me ever by my side
With your arms you hold me, trust and show me all i feel tonight
All this time that i've been searching
All this time that i've been hurting
It heals, when i'm in your arms each night
Running away from, all the love i never knew oh no
Only to fall, into the arms of someone true, yeah
How i never noticed, i've been searching for so long
Waiting to find someone to make me feel this strong

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With your arms around me, love surrounds me ever by my side
With your arms you hold me, trust and show me all i feel tonight
All this time that i've been searching
All this time that i've been hurting
It heals, when i'm in your arms each night

He loved you much more than a sister or brother,
He is honest and kind, he's a man like no other,
And he'd give his own life if somebody needed it more,
Yes he laughs all the time with me he gives his love and friendship to all,
You hurt him real bad, in his moments of silence,
He shares all his pain with me and his personal subsidence,
Still he fights with his mind, he believes he's done you wrong,
So he goes to sleep crying again like a child, like a child,

He would go anywhere that you asked,
He would answer to all that you need,
But it's clear now to me what he's feeling inside,
He is thinking of yesterdays girl, all you are now is yesterdays girl,
He is free now from all of your painful attack,
Free now from all of your poiseness chat, free from yesterdays girl,

On occasion we'll smoke and small conversation,
We'll pass briefly on older times and forgotten relations,
He's the best friend i've ever had, our opinions never cross,
Now you come to me needing a shoulder that's strong,
When all of your pain is because you were wrong,

He would go anywhere that you asked,
He would answer to all that you need,
But it's clear now to me what he's feeling inside,
He is thinking of yesterdays girl, all you are now is yesterdays girl,
He is free now from all of your painful attack,
Free now from all of your poiseness chat, free from yesterdays girl,f

We took our love and tore it apart,
S hattered each and every corner of our hearts,
We walked away only to find,
The path that we had taken pointed back in time,
With open arms we started again,
Never knowing everyday what lied ahead,
Taking the time, the time to re-discover,
All that brought the two of us together,

So tell me why nothing feels the same,
Nothing feels the same as it did back then,
I'm asking why nothing feels the same,
Why's it all like a dream you can't remember,
Like a hope you can't surrender,
Tell me why nothing feels the same,

We figured what we had was worth a try,
We'd look for words all day then talk all night,
Face to face, all our questions answered,
Needing then what we always just took for granted,
Now it's hard to see the days when love was natural,
It's so hard to see the way we're both refusing now to ask the question,

So tell me why nothing feels the same,
Nothing feels the same as it did back then,
I'm asking why nothing feels the same,
Why's it all like a dream you can't remember,
Like a hope you can't surrender,
Tell me why nothing feels the same,

It seems impossible to be trying to solve this puzzle in a day,
This fight has just begun and i'll be fighting baby fighting to the end,
Until i find the answer why,

So tell me why nothing feels the same,
Nothing feels the same as it did back then,
I'm asking why nothing feels the same,
Why's it all like a dream you can't remember,
Like a hope you can't surrender,
Tell me why nothing feels the same,

I can't sit and wait for you to say
If there's room inside your heart
I'm not used to playin' loves silly game
Turn me down or let me start
You have to believe i'll make things right
Open your arms give up the fight
For all that you want
For all that you're feeling
There's a place where you should be

For all that you need
I will be waiting, my key to life is honesty
Now if you decide, to run & hide
It's only you you're cheating,
The key's in your hand you must understand
I won't be defeated no,
I really believe this goal's in sight

Open your arms let me see your light
For all that you want
For all that you're feeling
There's a place where you should be
For all that you need

I will be waiting, my key to life is honesty
I'm sure that you've heard this before
So many times
Look deep inside my heart and you will find

My key to life is honesty
For all that you want
For all that you're feeling
There's a place where you should be
For all that you need i will be waiting, my key to life is honesty

I know you're still hurting and you'll never forget,
But don't wear your pain dear, don't wear your regret,
You've escaped from the lies that he told you, you've escaped from deceit,
You stood alone until finally i found you,
Believe if you give love you'll only receive,

You don't need a reason to love me, you don't need a reason to care,
When you wake in the morning you'll find i'll always be there,
You don't need a reason to want me, you don't need a reason to stay,
Just believe in yourself and you'll find love somewhere out there,

I can see now you're thinking if i'll do the same,
If i'll give you all of my heart then take it away,
You're old enough to swallow a bad time and still breathe,
It's time you unchained from the past,
All that i am is everything you need,

You don't need a reason to love me, you don't need a reason to care,
When you wake in the morning you'll find i'll always be there,
You don't need a reason to want me, you don't need a reason to stay,
Just believe in yourself and you'll find love somewhere out there,

So hard to believe you're the same girl that you used to be,
It's painful to see you're still hurting,
When all you need now is the love that lies inside me, me, me,

You don't need a reason to love me, you don't need a reason to care,
When you wake in the morning you'll find i'll always be there,
You don't need a reason to want me, you don't need a reason to stay,
Just believe in yourself and you'll find love somewhere out there.