This city is haunted by the ghost of failure, I am one and you are one
We've spent this whole time on the run from a lie that I told
That you closed your eyes and you chose to believe
So now you ask me for honesty, Just take a second, breathe
I'm not good enough for you, you were never good enough to me
No one's ever good enough to be, or have something so naïve
When I broke my hand on your car, when you told me you were leavin'
And I begged for your forgiveness, my broken fingers bleedin'
My heavy heart repeatin', afraid, just stay here with me
Then you took your clothes off instead, and you danced around my room
Don't worry, you said,'cause the end is coming soon
And we'll meet again someday and we'll toast these stunning ruins
For the bride I'll never be, and the groom
Now I picture you like snowflakes, like desperate pouring rain
Like the beating of the drum in the parade of the insane
You are the whisper in my ear, when I wake and no one's here
There's just the echo of your name
So now you ask me for honesty, I close my eyes, breathe,
I'm the one who always is so ready to leave
To be a distant memory
To be a ship disappearing in the sea
And I crashed upon your rocks when I heard your voice singing
And I begged for your love with my busted ears ringing
My hopeful heart repeating
You are more than the promise of the sea
Then you took your clothes off instead, and you danced around my room
Don't worry, you said,'cause the end is coming soon
And we'll meet again someday and we'll toast the cursed ruins
For the bride I'll never be, and the groom