Cracks in the Pavement

I start kicking a rock down the sidewalk It helps, avoiding your eye contact I'm afraid of what I'll do If I'm alone with you You won't admit the way that you're talking With a lit cigarette, it's making you sick But it feels nice to laugh For a moment, see my breath as a mist Lead me down your path A strange mystery hanging over me I'm losing myself in it But nothing is ever as it seems I count the cracks in the pavement To throw a wrench in it Distracting my brain wave Is it alright to joke, humor the thought that we're real? But nothing is ever as it seems Until you're there lying next to me Lead me down your path A strange mystery hanging over me I'm losing myself in it To dream of you lying next to me But I know we'd be lying through our teeth Cutting corners, making believe If only anything was ever as it seemed (If only anything was ever as it seemed) (If only anything was ever as...)