I Want It That Way

How many times do I have to have the same lesson before I can change?
For real (haha)
I feel so strange
I feel so strange

I feel so strange
So many times I tried to change but I'm stuck in my ways (stuck)
Uh, uh, uh (uh), uh, my body shakes
I would tell you the reason, but I can't say (no)
Can't go on like this forever
I swear I can't go on like this forever
I can't go on like this forever
I swear I can't go on like this forever
Change the tide, I'm just happy to be alive
Visualize your change and then go to that place
And just be in that place, and just stay in that place
And just be in that place, and just stay in that place
Back again, back and it's worse than ever
The years go by, the years go by and so do I
The story's great, and all but beautiful endings
Is the way I want, I want it that way
superglue on it, but it won't stick
There's no happy endings without you and me
First I ruin it, then I sink
Then I sit down by myself, and I just think (and I just think)

I can't complain
I'm the master of my fate and I'm having my way
Uh, uh, uh, uh, I have myself to blame
But I'm not blaming anyone, I want it that way
I want it that way, I want it that way
I want it that way, I want it that way
I want it that way, I want it that way (yes, yes)
I do want it that way