You can't fall in love alone

> *I know you're torn*
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>  *And in between dreams*
>  *But it’s all you’ve ever known*
>  *And I know you’re worn out at the seams*
>  *Yeah, it’s all you’ve ever known*
>  *Well there’s no place left for you to run*
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> *You can cast your past into the sun*
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> *Watch it light up the night*
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> *And honey you will be fine*
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***you can't fall in love alone*** is the first of two mixtapes created for Lizzie. It was released on December 14, 2015 on 8tracks. The mixtape details Lizzie's outlook on life and relationship with her roommate-turned-lover Carson Mackenzie.

The second mixtape for Lizzie is ***trying to embrace it all***, released on May 1, 2016.

The cover features a stock photo of a woman who looks as close to Lizzie as the author could find. It is simple and pastel to convey that Lizzie is an "itty bitty daydreaming sweetheart."

## Track listing

1. "Smile" - Mikki Ekko - *Time* (2015) - 3:27
2. "Shadow of a Man" - Neulore - *Animal Evolve* (2014) - 3:16
3. "Carve Your Heart Out Yourself" - Dashboard Confessional - *A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar* (2013) - 3:43
4. "Love Alone" - Thriving Ivory - *Through Yourself & Back Again* (2010) - 3:49
5. "Delicate" - Kina Grannis - *Stairwells (Deluxe Edition)* (2011) - 3:28
6. "One" - Ed Sheeran - *X (Webley Edition)* (2015) - 4:12
7. "Lifening" - Snow Patrol - *Fallen Empires* (2011) - 3:53
8. "Try" - Tyler Ward (originally by Pink) - *Web Cam Songs* (2013) - 3:15

## Lyrics & Meta

```
Smile, the worst is yet to come
We'll be lucky if we ever see the sun
Got nowhere to go, we could be here for a while
But the future is forgiven, so smile

We're trying so hard to get it all right
But only feel lonely at the end of the night
And I wanna be somewhere away from this place
Yeah, somewhere just a little closer to grace

I'll smile, the worst is yet to come
We'll be lucky if we ever see the sun
Got nowhere to go, we could be here for a while
But the future is forgiven, so smile
Smile

Well, call me loser, call me thief
Tell me I'm special when you spit at me
'Cause I don't wanna be lonely, I wanna be loved
And I want you to hold me like I'm the only one

I'll smile, the worst is yet to come
We'll be lucky if we ever see the sun
Got nowhere to go, we could be here for a while
But the future is forgiven, so smile
Smile

And time will eventually knock on my door
And tell me I'm not needed around anymore
But he'll hold me so close at the end of the day
When I'm quiet I can nearly hear him say

Smile, the worst is yet to come
We'll be lucky if we ever see the sun
Got nowhere to turn, and we've got nothing but time
But the future is forever, the future is forever, so smile, so smile, so smile

Smile, the worst is yet to come
We'll be lucky if we ever see the sun

```

```
I was the first to watch you leave
Poor in soul
A dried up stream
You were the last of a dying breed
Prone to wander
But born to lead

I still remember your innocence
Oh the days when your heart was in it
Oh but now you're like the falling sun
And the race to death
Has just begun

So light your torch and
Follow me
We'll burn the boats back to
Who we used to be
And all this time
It was never what it seemed
Let's burn the boats back to
Who we used to be

And all the memories of the days you lost
You add them up and then you count the cost
You're just a shadow of a man undone
Another life that has just begun

So light your torch and
Follow me
We'll burn the boats back to
Who we used to be
And all this time
It was never what it seemed
Let's burn the boats back to
Who we used to be
Let's burn the boats back to
Who we used to be

So light your torch and
Follow me
We'll burn the boats back to
Who we used to be
And all this time
It was never what it seemed
Let's burn the boats back
Let's burn the boats back
Let's burn the boats back
To who we used to be

```
 "Carve Your Heart Out Yourself" - Dashboard Confessional

```
Carve your heart out yourself
Hopelessness is your cell
Since you've drawn out these lines
Are you protected from trying times?

**Man it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has**
Lord it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh Lord, now, there you go with hope again
Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end

Dig a ditch deep enough
To keep you clear of the sun
You've been burned more than once
You don't think much of trust

Man it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has
Lord it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh Lord, now, there you go with hope again
But I'll be sure your secret is safe with me
Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end
Treating me like I'm already gone

But I'm not, I will stay where you are always
I will stay, I will stay, I will stay (all of now)
(Repeat to fade out)

```
 "Love Alone" - Thriving Ivory

```
I know it hurts, I know you're bruised
But it's only on the inside.
I know you're lost and you're confused
Yeah it's only on the inside.
I see you walk and you're dragging your feet
But it's only for a moment.
Stuck at the part where you feel incomplete
Yeah it's only for a moment.

It's not too late to walk in my direction,
When honey, everything you needs in your reflection.

Who's gonna walk you home and who's gonna hold your hand?
When you're heavy like a stone and there's trouble where you stand.
No I won't tell your heart where to go
I'll make it feel something it won't
You could rearrange the stars and make them all your own
But you can't fall in love alone.

I know you're torn and inbetween dreams
But it's all you've ever known.
And I know you're worn out at the seams
Yeah it's all you've ever known.
Well there's no place left for you to run
You can cast your past into the sun
Watch it light up the night and honey, you will be fine.

It's not too late to walk in my direction,
When honey, everything you needs in your reflection.

Who's gonna walk you home and who's gonna hold your hand?
When you're heavy like a stone and there's trouble where you stand.
No I won't tell your heart where to go
I'll make it feel something it won't
You could rearrange the stars and make them all your own
But you can't fall in love alone.

You can't fall in love alone.

Tell me who's gonna walk you home...

Who's gonna walk you home and who's gonna hold your hand?
When you're heavy like a stone and there's trouble where you stand.
No I won't tell your heart where to go
I'll make it feel something it won't
You could rearrange the stars and make them all your own
Tell me who's gonna walk you home (x2)

'Cause you can't fall in love alone.

```
 "Delicate" - Kina Grannis

```
You said, "Be careful, it's delicate
Things can just crumble apart"
But it's not the same for me
It's not the same for me

I kept treading so carelessly
Thin lines that splintered my ground
But I closed my eyes to them
I closed my eyes to them

And how did you know that I couldn't be
What everyone wanted me to be
And how did you know that I wouldn't see
When everything falls away from me
When everything falls away from me

One day I woke in the rubble
Knee-deep in damage I'd done
I was ashamed of it
How did it come to this?

And how did you know that I couldn't be
What everyone wanted me to be
And how did you know that I wouldn't see
When everything falls away from me
When everything falls away from me

And how did you know that I couldn't be
What everyone wanted me to be
And how did you know that I wouldn't see
When everything falls away from me
When everything falls away from me
When everything falls away from me

```

```
Tell me that you turned down the man
Who asked for your hand
'Cause you're waiting for me
And I know, you're gonna be away a while
But I've got no plans at all to leave
And would you take away my hopes and dreams?
Just stay with me

All my senses come to life
While I'm stumbling home as drunk as I
Have ever been and I'll never leave again
'Cause you are the only one
And all my friends have gone to find
Another place to let their hearts collide
Just promise me, you'll always be a friend
'Cause you are the only one

Take my hand and my
Heart and soul, I will
Only have these eyes for you
And you know, everything changes but
We'll be strangers if, we see this through
You could stay within these walls and bleed
But just stay with me

All my senses come to life
While I'm stumbling home as drunk as I
Have ever been and I'll never leave again
'Cause you are the only one
And all my friends have gone to find
Another place to let their hearts collide
Just promise me, you'll always be a friend
'Cause you are the only one

I'm stumbling off drunk, getting myself lost
I am so gone, so tell me the way home
I listen to sad songs, singing about love
And where it goes wrong

All my senses come to life
While I'm stumbling home as drunk as I
Have ever been and I'll never leave again
'Cause you are the only one
And all my friends have gone to find
Another place to let their hearts collide
Just promise me, you'll always be a friend
'Cause you are the only one

```

```
A hand upon my forehead
The joke and then the laugh
Waking up in your arms
A place to call my own

This is all I ever wanted from life
This is all I ever wanted from life

Ireland in the World Cup
Either North or South
The Fanclub on the jukebox
The birds and yes the bees

This is all I ever wanted from life
This is all I ever wanted from life

Words of reassurance
But only if they're true
Just some simple kindness
No vengeance from the gods

This is all I ever wanted from life
This is all I ever wanted from life

To share what I've been given
Some kids eventually
And be for them what I've had
A father like my dad

This is all I ever wanted from life
This is all I ever wanted from life

```

```
Ever wonder about what she's doing?
How it all turned to lies?
Sometimes I think that it's better
to never ask why

Where there is desire
There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame
Someone's bound to get burned
But just because it burns
Doesn't mean you're gonna die
You've gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Funny how the heart can be deceiving

More than just a couple times

Why do we fall in love so easy?
Even when it's not right

Where there is desire
There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame
Someone's bound to get burned
But just because it burns
Doesn't mean you're gonna die
You've gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Ever worry that it might be ruined
And does it make you wanna cry?
When you're out there doing what you're doing
Are you just getting by?
Tell me are you just getting by, by, by?

Where there is desire
There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame
Someone's bound to get burned
But just because it burns
Doesn't mean you're gonna die
You've gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

```