it was over the very first time
you had to take me back after finding somebody else
i was sober and sad at the time
and railing against everything drinking had felt like
but i couldn't have let you go
even if i had tried something inside us was locked
then i finally made it back to you
promptly started packing to a voyage
through rivers and locks
when you're lonely
i provide the only hiding place to cry
and i am tired and drive
when we're fighting i could die of biting flies
and you pass me by so don't wonder why
i don't want to lie to myself anymore
this is the break up song i'm singing in today
like a couple of addicts
every time we say we've had it
there's just one more thing to be said
it's a pendulous game we play
i'm just as much to blame
today i'm in and you're out what a change
and darling you could say
we're doomed to some eternal loom
leave and come back and hang out
but what kind of life is that
don't you wanna hang your high
what if we figured this out
when i'm lonely
i am like some blinded wild man in a pile
and i could set fire to the moon
when we're fighting i feel so alive
till i find that shine in your eyes
what kind of tyrant would do this to you
this is the break up
song but you're singing it today
suddenly you're in my bed
traveling from in my head
i could not have left you in the cold
my sins laid to rest
no promises or pledges
i just needed someone to hold
this voyage has got you stressed
the city's so depressing
the refuge of my house is strong
and we learned how to love long ago with a tummy ache
i don't see anything wrong
now when i'm lonely i'm divided sides of denial
won't you come by make it right
spit in my eyes
when we're fighting
i imagine white fire lightning open your mind
look how bright we shine
how bright we shine
