The sun is filling up the room, and I can hear you dreaming.
Do you feel the way I do? Right now.
I wish we would just give up, 'cause the best part is falling.
Call it anything but love.
And I will make sure to keep my distance.
Say I love you, and you're not listening.
And how long can we keep it slow? Oh, oh. [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/christina_perri/distance.html ]
Please don't stand so close to me; I'm having trouble breathing.
I'm afraid of what you'll see right now.
I give you everything I am, all my broken heartbeats, until I know you'll understand.
And I will make sure to keep my distance.
Say I love you, and you're not listening.
And how long can we keep it slow? Oh, oh, oh.
And I keep waiting for you to take me.
You keep waiting to say what we have.
So I'll make sure to keep my distance.
Say I love you, and you're not listening.
And how long can we keep it slow? Oh, oh, oh.
Make sure to keep my distance.
Say I love you, and you're not listening.
How long 'till we call this love, love, love?
This 'distance' feels like a wall that one builds around her, scarred because she fears what happens to all the what-ifs that may happen. What if he chooses to let go? What if what they called love isn't love anymore? So she'll keep her distance, and say i love you when he's not listening.
by Unregistered on May 25th 2012 4:14 pm
Easy... You know? When you think that you can give him/her a kiss but you know that it isn't the right thing... When you die for keep him/her by your side with your hands, but you actually know that his/her heart are so far away from you...
by Unregistered on May 23rd 2012 1:50 pm
It meens she is in love with someone who doesnt want to admitt tht she loves her back or to scared and she cnt say it directly to her so she says it when they rnt paying attention... How i feel right now
-sierra epperly
by Unregistered on May 21st 2012 1:19 am
To me it's about a person who loves but is afraid to tell person b that they love them and realize now after a long time what they have done wrong
by Unregistered on May 15th 2012 7:57 am
When someone you really care about suddenly avoid you. When in fact, you both know how much you love him. And for some reason he chose to leave. This is the perfect song for such a heartache.
by Unregistered on May 11th 2012 8:47 pm
The worst think about distance is that you don't know whether they'll miss you or forget you
by Unregistered on May 8th 2012 3:30 pm
Distance is the aches and pains of love that everyone goes through atleast once and everyone hates atleast once but finally you find that person hold on tight and never let go!!!
by Unregistered on May 4th 2012 1:26 am
Imo, this is a song about 2 persons falling in love but they are afraid to say their feelings to each other.
by Unregistered on Apr 22nd 2012 9:20 am
It's also "how long can we keep this up, up, up? " not "slow, oh oh oh"
by Unregistered on Apr 21st 2012 7:08 am
Just pointing out that in the chorus it's "say i love you, 'when' you're not listening, it's down as "and you're not listening"