Annotated Lyrics

As piano plays person walks into recording studio and begins to sing.

My strings are broken and my heart is out of tune
Scene 1, 2 and 3

I wanted quiet but all I see is you
I don’t know anything

Cuts back to person singing

I stumbled forward and you let me walk away
Scene 4, 5, 6 and 7

We both know I’ll be running back to you someday
I don’t know anything

Singer

The earth is spinning but my feet are standing still
Scene 8, 9, 10 and 11

And the wind is biting but I’m fighting off the chill
I don’t know anything

Singer

So let’s pretend for just one minute
The world, the world, the world, the world
The world is mine but you’re not there

Scene 12, 13, 14 and 15

Singer

They say time’s a healer but my watch can’t tell the time
The left hand’s stuck six months ago and I can’t find the right
I don’t know anything

Scene 16, 17 and 18

The pen is stronger than any sharpened sword
But everything I write to you makes me feel like a fool
I don’t know anything

I feel like I can do anything
Why don’t you understand

Scene 19

Why don’t you see what I could be

Singer

Why can’t you see
I’d trade in the world for you.

Scene 20