Dressed to the nines
New suit shining
Flowers in hand
Whole world behind me
One girl in front of me
Calling me handsome
Stop it
I'm bad with compliments
Turning red, no confidence
And that was all it took
From that moment I was hooked
Still haven't removed it
Still sitting here wounded
Refusing the procedure
Can't go through with losing it
Cause it keeps me fused to you
Stay with me I said
Lay with me I begged
Delay your exit
And I'll change everything
Come back to bed and I'll make you my forever queen
I can explain the lack of attention, please
I'm scratching and clawing trying to keep you pleased
But i'm seeing you fleeing and every thing I do
Just pushes you away and that can't be true
It doesn't make sense to say I try too hard
I don't see how that works so don't play that card
If I love you let you go, but that sounds like nonsense
But I'm falling apart, so you'd know better, I guess

I fought so hard and
I held on too long
All you ever wanted
Was all that I could never give you (x2)

Keep it short she asks of me
But I'm basking in the beauty
She's a bird asking for freedom
And I'm the one with the key she's seeking
Her song is a stunning melody
Of missed potential and melancholy
Misanthropy and monotony
A need to be more, she swears solemnly
It's lost on me, sadly
I've been blindly happy
I never imagined how much pain she was feeling
You don't need my permission to leave
The caged bird sings but she's singing for me
It's a show she believes in to protect my ego
So I know now she loves me but she just wants to see though
She says maybe some day but I boubt it
I just hope she's blissful out there without me
If she ever comes back, I won't say I told you so
I'll just hold her close until she wants to be let go

I fought so hard and
I held on too long
All you ever wanted
Was all that I could never give you (x2)

I could put a part in the seven seas and
I could serve my heart on a silver sheet and
I could climb walls and summit mountain tops
But It'd all be too much and you'd tell me to stop
Cease and desist, move on with my life
Catch and released, see the shimmering twilight
I could move the earth and raise the dead from their graves
But you're never coming back and it's better that way

I fought so hard and
I held on too long
All you ever wanted
Was all that I could never give you (x2)