You don't just stand there,
Looking at the person you've never
Showed your real face to,
Never told your real name, age or passion.
And tell them "Everything we had was true,"
When we both know it's another lie
Written in the skies.

But that's what you did, and it made me freeze.
Because up until that point I was so ready to stay, So ready to forget you were an image,
So ready to forgive you lying to my face.
And I wanted you to give me a reason to.
Something solid to hold,
Hope that one day you'll feel close.

It's because when we talk, I feel like I can fly,
You make any day better even when you're far,
Any situation calm, any conversation full.
Any weather's hotter, any dream wilder.
My heart hasn't been mine
Since you walked through the door
Right into my life.
Although, now I know it was all a lie
And that's why it hurts so much.

I tried to hurt you back just as much,
Telling you the only good thing about you
Was the face that didn't even belong to you.
But it wasn't true.

You took it so great, telling me you deserved it, "very well".
Very well, I almost punched you on that fucking face.

But when the only words you said were those desperate lies,
I knew you were a lost cause,
A disaster waiting to ruin my whole life.

That's when I found my strength,
And the last words I said
Made you flinch and think.
Because just like your fucking favorite lyrics
They were true and honest and full of soul you didn't possess.

I stared at you as if I was seeing a stranger
That's what you are now, that's what you've always been,
And then my tired mouth whispered
"This is not what you say when you want someone to stay..."

You went still, and I think that's when you knew
I would never forgive you for not trying harder.
And with desperation you asked me to wait,
"Please, don't go, I've never felt this way,
Please wait, please. I think I love you, and it's killing me."
Well, I hope without me, you're actually dead.
Even though I fall asleep just to dream about what we could have had
If only I stayed, if only you'd tried better than you did that day.