I Need You Like A Heart Needs A Beat

I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...

It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late



this song speaks to me on several different levels.
one, is me singing it my (ex)best friend.

a series of events and mistakes (on both of our parts) destroyed us.
no matter what was done or said, she would not accept my apology.

i can picture her singing this to me.



I'd take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But it's nothin new
I loved you with a fire red-
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
"Sorry" like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...

It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late



the second way is to a boy.

time and distance separated and at the first sight of trouble, i ran away.
i can see him singing this to me.

i hope i never will, but i can see it.

he might have a hard time and maybe even a tear in his eye
but i can see why he wouldn't want to give me another chance.



i am very good at screwing up good relationships.

leaving him was my third major mistake of the past summer.
i regret it every day.



It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
It's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-
I'm holdin on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground...