I didn't ask for this 

I couldn't ask for that 

I wouldn't ask for any change in plans 


Am I ever right? 

When you're such a brat 

I feel much better in your hands 


Try to take your word 

I want to take you down 

You never caught me lying 


I'm trying not to shout 

Wanna work it out 

I've been so long denying 


I'm a long time gone 

Keeping your secrets for too long 

Baby you ain't half of what you used to be 


In this dim October sky 

I've got no more tears left to cry 

And I'm finally learning 

That you can't be too strong 


I'm a long time gone 


When you understand 

There's no one truth 

And we're three-thousand miles apart 


Try and act your age 

And you're a flaming youth 

You seek the end 

But never start 


If I'm a man 

Do I have the strengh 

To change what I'm becoming 


I've been such a fool 

Didn't want to lose 

It's been a long time coming 


I'm a long time gone 

Keeping your secrets for too long 

Baby you ain't half of what you used to be 


In this dim October sky 

I've got no more tears left to cry 

And I'm finally learning 

That you can't be too strong 


I'm a long time gone 


I'm a long time gone 


I'm a long time gone 

Keeping your secrets for too long 

Baby you ain't half of what you used to be 


In this dim October sky 

I've got no more tears left to cry 

And I'm finally learning 

That you can't be too strong 


I'm a long time gone 

I'm a long time gone 

I'm a long time gone 

I'm a long time gone