Bridges burn, I never learn, At least I did one thing right, I did one thing right, I'm laughing with my lover, Making forts under covers, Trust him like a brother. Yeah, you know I did one thing right, Starry eyes're sparking up my darkest night.
So you're leaving in the morning on the early train I could say everything's alright And I could pretend and say goodbye Got your ticket Got your suitcase Got your leaving smile I could say that's the way it goes And I could pretend and you won't know That I was lying.
I knew you'd haunt over my war days, The smell of smoke would hang around this long, 'Cause I knew everything when I was young. I knew I cursed you for the longest time, Chasing shadows in the grocery line, I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired, And you'd be standing in my front porch lock, And you'd come back to me, And you'd come back to me, And you'd come back to me, And you'd come back.
"She would've made such a lovely bride, What a shame she's fucked in the head," they said. But you'll find the real thing instead, She'll patch up your tapestry that I shred.
And it's a sad picture, the final blow hits you Somebody else gets what you wanted again You know it's all the same, another time and place Repeating history and you're getting sick of it.
So we've been outnumbered Raided and now cornered It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair We're getting stronger now Find things they never found They might be bigger But we're faster and never scared You can walk away, say we don't need this But there's something in your eyes Says we can beat this.
Tonight we'll stand, get off our knees Fight for what we've worked for all these years And the battle was long, it's the fight of our lives But we'll stand up champions tonight.
Don't treat me like Some situation that needs to be handled I'm fine with my spite And my tears, and my beers and my candles I can feel you smoothing me over.
I know I'm just a wrinkle in your new life Staying "friends" would iron it out so nice Guilty, guilty, reaching out across the sea That you put between you and me But it's fake and it's oh so unnecessary.
Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day Just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through I've never been anywhere cold as you.