this is no ordinary, rational feeling -
i am overtaken by a panic and run i -
have fallen by the wayside many times before -
and i have learned to use this love as a weapon -

i am caught up by the common as usual i -
have nearly followed til' my spirit was numb i -
continue the ascent of never ending -
collecting all but things that matter the most -

Chorus
but you're not what i thought when i saw you -
i have been running for so long and so far -
i haven't got what i thought i would find -
to fill the empty up -

but you're not what i thought -
no you're not what i thought -

there is a manner i have quietly tucked away -
yet it is fighting for a place at the top i -
am dying to believe i'm big enough to try -
but it's a battle i am losing alone /oh, oh oh -

Chorus
but you're not what i thought when i saw you -
i have been running for so long and so far -
i haven't got what i thought i would find -
to fill the empty up

you're uncovering -
what i was missing all along -
oh, oh oh -
i'm giving everything -
for the war -
for the war is won -
for the war is won
and you're not what i thought when i saw you -
i had been running for so long -
but now i've got -
something else, something more -
that i know will fill the empty up -
'cause you're not what i thought -
no you're not what i thought