Something in Common

All my mornings start with the alarm clock

Every dream gets stopped before the end

And with each bit I remember, the more the details run together

And I'm left with a message I don't comprehend

I've lost contact with the great beyond again

And as I stare over my breakfast and out into the street

I find that sorrow I've been chasing way too often

That the man that stands in front of you

Is not the sum of all his dreams

But I'm hoping they've got something in common

I'm hoping they've got something in common

The way that love attacks and then surrenders

The things I mean the most when I say her name

And if he ever speaks of me casually

I hope he does so carefully

Cause when you've loved somebody, everything's to blame

And I don't want her to ever feel ashamed

But all my best kept secrets are the ones I didn't know I had

So I couldn't even tell her if I wanted

That the way that she remembers me is not the way I really am

But I'm hoping they've got something in common

I'm hoping they've got something in common

So I feel like a man behind a camera

Who waits patiently for something he won't see

I need to stop giving suggestions and just illuminate the questions

That seems much more accurate to me

To keep the frame as wide as it can be

Cause all the love and friends and happiness that ever came my way

Revealed themselves the moment I stopped watching

Cause it's not faith that comes from miracles

But miracles that come from faith

I'm sure that they've got something in common

I know that they have something in common