[Verse 1] I keep staring at this photograph Its jagged tips that leave me here to think of how you're gone They always bring me back again to lie within myself And ain't it true we play pretend? Ain't it true we let them sell us groceries and fineries And shining bright philosophies of life?
[Verse 2] Remember when your sister said you'd tried to kill yourself And when I heard, I nearly flew to Michigan right then But it was just a false alarm, the New Year rolled in heavy-hearted Remember how you cried inside the car parked into your driveway? Remember how you told me that I hadn't even tried to save the last of it? You raised your fist, I wish you would've held it in that time
[Chorus] 'Cause I don't mind the push and pull of it I'm just fine to play pretend Thinking we could manage not to speak again, mhmm
[Verse 3] And so, it was that night set in at different times, that fall At some sweet hour, everything would turn to black And I'd ask myself if this whole mess was even worth my time (mmm-mm) Remember how we'd argue over Jesus Christ? Well, we probably should've opted for some other thing instead 'Cause I never quite forgave you for the awful things you said (mmm-mm)
[Chorus] I never minded the letting go of it I was fine to play pretend Thinking we could manage not to speak again, mhmm
[Verse 4] Now you say I have a careless heart And that I didn't understand a single thing I did I used to think that second part was truer than it is (mmm-mm) Remember how much time we wasted hating things that moved us? Remember how I photographed you hanging by a thread, then up the phone? You know I loved you, though I never sought to mean that as I did But still, I doTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
