“All that is gold
does not glitter”
all we love
cannot live forever

welcome to the real world
where all things good must die
so tell me why (so tell me why)
20 some years gone
in the blink of an eye

you left me where I stood
with the quietest ‘goodnight’
so tell me why
do you ever take the time to
look up at the sky?

is this how it ends?
with one chance to repent
a fatal paradigm
can we stay the night?
and pretend it’s all fine

welcome to the real world
where nothing will align
so tell me why (so tell me why)
can’t we leave things
where they fucking lie?

you left me where I stood
and you watched me burn alive
so tell me why
do you ever take the time to
look up at the sky?

so tell me why
our contradictions collapse
in the act
as our lives cycle back
to decay and relapse

is this how it ends?
is it all what you’d expect?
trapped in shades of black and white
can we stay the night?
and pretend it’s all fine

(oh god, take me back)
take me back to those days long past
take me back to what we had

count your blessings on one hand
and even though I’m terrified
can we stay the night?
and pretend it’s all fine

as you drift in and out of sight

“All that is gold
does not glitter”
and nothing good
lasts forever

if I live
with an empty chest
you can take what you need
and leave out the rest
because you once said it best
“truth is often said in jest”

I’m still just living by habit (living by habit)

wasting my time
to wax nostalgic
I’ve fucking had it

because you once
said it best

life is
so
much
worse
now
that
you’re gone

fuck.