No One Holds a Candle to You

from Rear and Present Danger: 10 Years of Hits and Misses by The Rear Admirals

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lyrics

You and I have the talent to see things in a different way
While others lie prostrate you and I are merely laid
We’re passing like ships in the night; I was never one for sailing
The only knots I tied are the ones in my tongue when I’m caught explaining to you

No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle
I had my shot but I didn’t take it
We had our chance but I didn’t make it with you
No one holds a candle to you

Fingers grace the pages where once they pulled the hair away from your cheeks
I found a picture of you at the Pyrenees and I haven’t slept in weeks
Page upon page; impotent rage at the loss of love I felt
How symphonic, it’s symbolic; I’m the Mozart of feeling sorry for myself

No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle
There’s no second chances once you get off the ride
No re-queuing several years down the line for you
No one holds a candle to you

And you were the only one who never saw me as a work in progress
When I hear that word “potential” my krav maga kicks in
You saw the crash coming and you took both hands right off the wheel
Not every wreck needs fixing
Not every wreck needs fixing, but for you

No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle to you
No one holds a candle
I live in hope, do you think I should?
If you had your chance again, do you think you would?
But you, no one holds a candle to you

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from Rear and Present Danger: 10 Years of Hits and Misses, released November 12, 2023
Lyrics by Alex Gates. Music by Alex Gates and Matt Harrison.

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