Milow has said (in Dutch) that
I wrote this last summer after a girl had e-mailed me asking if I would be play for her sister who had been diagnosed with leukemia in the hospital. That was last May, “You Do not Know” was just starting to peak and I did not learn how to say no yet. I ran from one th...
[Verse 1]
I made the call
Just too late
At the end of May
I just thought
I could wait
For one more day
[Pre-Chorus]
In the time that passed
You went down so fast
You went down so fast
[Chorus]
Out of my reach
Out of my hands
I didn't understand
I would have changed
All my plans
[Verse 2]
An empty house
A setting sun
At four a.m
Some battles fought
Our battles won
But this ain't one of them
[Pre-Chorus]
One more shadow cast
You went down so fast
You went down so fast
[Chorus]
Out of my reach
Out of my hands
I didn't understand
I would have changed
All my plans
Out of my reach
Out of my hands
[Verse 3]
And now the leaves
Are turning brown
I watch 'em blow
Where the earth
Pulls them down
I let you go
[Pre-Chorus]
As your breath unwinds
Through the restless pines
[Chorus]
Out of my reach
Out of my hands
I didn't understand
I would have changed
All my plans
I would have changed
Out of my reach
Out of my hands
I didn't understand
I would have changed
All my plans
I would have changed
Out of My Hands was written by Milow.
Milow released Out of My Hands on Fri Feb 01 2008.