John Mayer
Split Screen Sadness lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:07
And I don't know where you went when you left me, but
It says here in the water, you must be gone by now
I can tell somehow
One hand on the trigger of the telephone
Wondering when the call comes, will you say it's all right
You've got your heart right
Maybe I'll sleep inside my coat and
Wait on your porch 'til you come back home
Oh, right
I can't find a flight
We share the sadness
Split screen sadness
Two wrongs make it all alright tonight
Two wrongs make it all alright tonight
Two wrongs make it all alright tonight
Two wrongs make it all alright tonight
"All you need is love" is a lie, 'cause
We had love but we still said goodbye
Now we're tired battle fighters
And it stings when it's nobody's fault
'Cause there's nothin' to blame at the drop of your name
It's only the air you took and the breath you left
Maybe I'll sleep inside my coat and
Wait on your porch 'til you come back home
Oh, right
I can't find a flight
So I'll check the weather wherever you are
'Cause I wanna know if you can see the stars tonight
It might be my only right
We share the sadness
Split screen sadness
We share the sadness
Split screen sadness
I called
Because
I just
Need to feel you on the line
Don't hang up this time
And I know it was me who called it over but
I still wish you'd fought me 'til your dying day
Don't let me get away
'Cause I can't wait to figure out what's wrong with me
So I can say, "This is the way that I used to be"
There's no substitute for time
Or for the sadness
(Two wrongs make it all alright tonight)
Split screen sadness
(Two wrongs make it all alright tonight)
We share the sadness
(Two wrongs make it all alright tonight)
Split screen sadness
(Two wrongs make it all alright tonight)
Oh and the sadness, it's alright, it's alright
(Two wrongs make it all alright tonight)
Oh and the sadness, it's alright, it's alright
(Two wrongs make it all alright tonight)
Oh and the sadness, it's alright, it's alright
(Two wrongs make it all alright tonight)
Oh and the sadness, it's alright, it's alright
(Two wrongs make it all alright tonight)
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Key vocabulary
- flight
- trip by airplaneA1
- line
- a thin mark on a surfaceA1
- love
- deep careA1
- make
- create or produceA1
- maybe
- perhapsA1
- name
- word used for a personA1
- need
- must haveA1
- only
- just one; not moreA1
- we're
- we areA1
- comes
- arrives or happensA1
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About this song
John Mayer is an American singer-songwriter whose work spans blues, pop, and R&B, along with later jam-influenced material. He is known for his hit songwriting and distinctive guitar playing that blend classic rock and soul, and for forming Dead & Company with surviving members of the Grateful Dead.