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Charlie
Charlie
Charlie
I guess we've won
The task's completed
I guess we're done
with what we've been through
With that ordeal?
Since he's retreated?
Or is this really 'bout me and you?
You know I wish
this were just the start of our...
Oddball tryst
Of this passing haze
So we're resigned
to leaving part of ourselves behind
when we part ways
And in a perfect world
we could be together
In a perfect world
this wouldn't be our fate
In a perfect world
I'd have met you at the movies
On a cruise
On jury duty
On a double date
Yeah, in a perfect world
none of this would matter
In a perfect world
we'd have met before
In a perfect world
I'd have met you at the prom
At a bar
On Match.com
At the Apple Store
But this world isn't perfect
That much is for sure
I guess we planned...
That I'd be leaving
And once you vanish...
I can't come back
So go, get bent
And don't go grieving
with false laments
of untraveled tracks
I guess you know...
How much you'll miss me
I have to go, though
The moment's passed
So that's the end
But how I wish
we could keep pretending
that this could last
And in a perfect world
I might think I love you
In a perfect world
I might think it too
In a perfect world
I'd have met you at a disco
At the mall
In San Francisco
At the Seaworld zoo
Yeah, in a perfect world
I could stay here with you
In a perfect world
we would somehow persevere
In a perfect world
I'd have met you in the classroom
In a seedy nightclub bathroom
Anywhere but here
But this world isn't perfect
That is crystal clear
When I met you
I was scared, but you just smiled
And nothing was the same
You just grabbed my hands
and pulled me through the wild
and my whole world changed
Because
Through your eyes, I saw a new side of me
Through your voice, I heard mine speak clear
In your heart, I felt something lovely
Distant visions you brought me nearer to
And now I see myself
A better self in you
And in a perfect world
we could be together
In a perfect world
this wouldn't be the end
In a perfect world
I'd extend this strange endeavor
Wouldn't have to leave forever
Wouldn't lose a friend
But in a perfect world
there wouldn't be a portal
He would not exist
or he never would have strayed
In a perfect world
there would be no pass to get through
So I never would have met you
Wouldn't be a way
So this world isn't perfect
Maybe that's okay
Well, of course I should've realized
that if I tried explaining
It'd seem like I was crazy
or just hallucinating
Of course I should've always known
that I could never tell
So maybe it was just for me
And maybe it's just as well
So Lila, yes
I made up the whole thing
And none of it was ever really happenning
Lila, you're right
It wasn't real
It was just a made-up story
A fairy tale, an allegory
It was just a metaphor
to show you how I feel
'Cause there's so many secret sides of you
You never get to see
Until you meet them face-to-face
and shake their hand
The kaleidoscope collides in you
with a million ways to be
And you see yourself through new eyes
and you understand
that you're not who you thought you were at all
What's gone is gone
and you go on
What's gone is gone
and you go on
Well, of course I should've realized
right when I got ensnared
that this was an experience
that I could never share
Of course I should've understood
it couldn't be announced
So what if no one else can know?
It's me who really counts
So Lila, yes
it was all just lies
It was all just a creative writing exercise
From every twist
To every turn
It was just a simile
Imagery, an analogy
It was just a metaphor
to show you what I've learned
'Cause there's so many secret sides of us
we never get to see
Until we meet them face-to-face
and shake their hand
The kaleidoscope collides in us
with a million ways to be
And we see ourselves through new eyes
and we understand
That life's not what we thought it was at all
What's gone is gone
and we go on
What's gone is gone
and we go on
and on...