two three four i want to be happy but all my smiling memories are you and your eyes and they make me want to get up and run like the farther i m away from you the better off i ll be where i can erase you and feel like i used to oh where did that happy little boy with the afro go they say he gave this girl too much that when she left he forgot how to love you think that you know me don t act like you do you want to be happy i m saying you could you think that you know me don t act like it s you who s in control when it s you who s losing it whatever you do don t make the same mistake don t throw your heart away without it you can only lose whatever you do don t ruin everything if you want to be happy i just had this nightmare i was out of control they had me tied up with my face against the ground and there was nothing i could do and in that moment well my mind it turned to you and to a time when i was happy like my thoughts could somehow change what was the truth and lift me from my shackles back to you in my bed lying awake just talking but when my mind breaks through and when i turn to reach for you to tell you all about what happened there and nobody s next to me and i rub my eyes like i m surprised by what i know to be the truth  whatever you do don t make the same mistake don t throw your heart away without it you can only lose whatever you do don t ruin everything if you want to be happy whatever you do don t make the same mistake don t throw your heart away without it you can only lose whatever you do don t ruin everything if you want to be happy