1
And you understand the good and bad end up in the song For all your beautiful traits, and the way you do it with ease For all my flaws, paranoia, and insecurities I've made mistakes, and made some choices that's hard to deny
I can feel you smoothing me over
I'm in the Ghost like I'm whippin' a boat
The truth is, it's easier to ignore it, believe me
Even when we'd argue, we'd not do it for long
I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me
I've passed days without fun, this endgame is the one
2
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland My house of stone, your ivy grows And now I'm covered
Crescent moon, coast is clear
Spring breaks loose, but so does fear
So yeah, it's a fire
It's a goddamn blaze in the dark
And you started it
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
Clover blooms in the fields
Spring breaks loose, the time is near
3
I was walking home on broken cobblestones
She said "James, get in, let's drive"
Those days turned into nights
Just thinking of you when she pulled up like
A figment of my worst intentions
When I passed your house
It's like I couldn't breathe
I was nowhere to be found
Just thinking of you when she pulled up like
4
Even though we boarded them up Chandelier's still flickering here
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be all right
They say, "I don't know"
I look through the windows of this love
It's death by a thousand cuts
I get drunk, but it's not enough
'Cause I can't pretend it's ok when it's not
5
They say all's well that ends well But I'm in a new hell every time you double-cross my mind You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine And that made me want to die
You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes
Sipping coffee like you're on a late night show
The idea you had of me, who was she?
A never needing ever lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you
Not weeping in a party bathroom
Some actress asking me what happened
'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night
We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light
6
Because I dropped your hand while dancing Left you out there standing
Crestfallen on the landing
Champagne problems
You won't remember all my
Champagne problems
Your heart was glass, I dropped it
Champagne problems
Your hometown skeptics called it
Champagne problems
7
People like you always want back the love they pushed aside
And people like me wanna believe you when you say you've changed
all you had to do was stay
Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye
8
I thought I had you figured out Can't breathe whenever you're gone Can't turn back now, I'm haunted
Stood there and watched you walk away
From everything we had
But I still mean every word I said to you
He will try to take away my pain
And he just might make me smile
But the whole time I'm wishing he was you
Something's gone terribly wrong
You're all I wanted
I never thought I'd live to see it break
It's getting dark and it's all too quiet
And I can't trust anything now
9
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea And there are no rules when you show up here Bass beat rattling the chandelier Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?
I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates
And therein lies the issue, friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately
If only you weren't so shady
Here's a toast to my real friends
They don't care about the he said, she said
And here's to my baby
He ain't reading what they call me lately
10
Cause you were never mine 'Cause you were never mine, never mine
But do you remember?
Remember when I pulled up and said, "Get in the car"
And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call?
Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all
"Meet me behind the mall"
Remember when I pulled up and said, "Get in the car"
And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call?
Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all
Your back beneath the sun
Wishin' I could write my name on it
Will you call when you're back at school?
I remember thinkin' I had you
Back when we were still changin' for the better
Wanting was enough
For me, it was enough
To live for the hope of it all
Cancel plans just in case you'd call
And say, "Meet me behind the mall"
