I was born before the storm
My mother placed a dozen thorns
The sorry’s and the take it back’s
Lay silent in her folded hands and
Head to headstone I just danced
Oblivious to consequence
As morning sank into the ground
The highest branch I sorted out

Oh, I didn’t mean to let it go
I didn’t mean to bruise but I lost control
And when she said to me it still echoes

All your love may fade away
All you’ll become may all go to waste
So I can’t stand to hear you say it hurts
When it only gets much worse
It only gets much worse

Oh you caught me come to life
The moment when your eyes met mine
And from your bed, the sun came in
And to this day it never set
But here’s to this I’m used to it
I stepped out for some cigarettes
The neon lights they called me in
Her eyes like yours, just different

And no, I didn’t mean to let you go
I didn’t mean to bruise but I lost control
What didn’t mean a thing destroyed us both
Darling

All your love may fade away
All you’ll become may all go to waste
So I can’t stand to hear you say it hurts
When it only gets much worse
It only gets much worse

I couldn’t quite believe
The way you used to pull me down
And takes its toll
I survived
The laws of gravity

These jaws of brevity
I would not let them sink their teeth into my soul
Whoa-oh

All my love may fade away
All I’ll become may all go to waste
So I can’t stand to here and say it hurts
When it only gets much worse
It only gets much worse

All our love may fade away
All we’ll become may all go to waste
So I can’t stand to hear you say it hurts
When it only gets much worse
It only gets much worse

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Intro:

The barkeep’s in a bad mood, playing with his change
Talking ‘bout a blood moon, asking how I found this place
My eyes are drained from the one that got away
So tonight I’m going out, tonight I’m gonna stay out
In walks lady long boots, looking for a date
I would make the first move, but I’m too drunk to enunciate
Never been one to want to hear about someone’s day
So tonight I’m going out, tonight I’m gonna stay out
And it’s so hard just to be

There’s such a fine line between the things you want and the
And the things that you need
So I’m not going to sleep

I’m slipping into midnight under harsh light
And nothing gets me down
Running into old friends I don’t need anymore
Tonight I’m gonna show ‘em, We all got scars, we all got scars
We all got scars, we all got scars, so what?
I’m slipping into midnight under harsh light
And nothing here is bringing me down, oh whoa
No, nothing here is bringing me down

And my heart is always breaking for the ghosts that haunt this room
We fall asleep to revolution, but wake up next to a sad excuse
Oh, what a shame how we got in our own way
So tonight I’m going out, tonight I’m gonna stay out

And it’s so hard not to scream (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
There’s such a fine line between the things you are and the
And the things that you’ve been

I’m slipping into midnight under harsh light
And nothing gets me down
Up above the past loves I don’t need anymore
Tonight I’m gonna show ‘em, We all got scars, we all got scars
We all got scars, we all got scars, so what?
I’m slipping into midnight under harsh light
And nothing here is bringing me down

I’m scared that I’m becoming a satellite (We all got scars)
I’m sat aside of the moon (We all got scars)
Convinced that if you’d ever stood by my side (We all got scars)
Now you’re on the other side of the room (We all got scars)
But I get this funny feeling that tonight is going to end (We all got scars)
Much better than it’s been, ooh (We all got scars)
I find it hard to keep my eyes open (We all got scars)
And let the lights shine in, ooh (We all got scars)

And it’s so hard just to be
There’s such a fine line, such a fine line, such a fine line
But I’m not sleeping tonight

I’m slipping into midnight under harsh light
And nothing gets me down
Running into old friends I don’t need anymore
Tonight I’m gonna show ‘em, We all got scars, we all got scars
We all got scars, we all got scars, so what?
I’m slipping into midnight under harsh light
And nothing here is bringing me down
No, nothing here is bringing me down
No, nothing here is bringing me down
Nothing here is bringing me down, down, down, down, down down down down
And nothing here is bringing me down

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When that someone said goodbye much too soon

I’d hate for you to love me
‘Cause you saw me out with someone who you read about in the news
But I guess [D/F#]that’s what this world

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is coming to

I watched as your wrists began to bruise
Threading ribbons, weaving patterns, beautiful and blue
All your late nights came to life and then died upon just one dislike
Never mind all the people that you moved
But I guess [D/F#]that’s what this world is coming to

So let’s get high here in the moonlight
Even the stars go right over our heads
I think I’m gonna shine in the afterlife
Leaving the fight for peace of mind instead

So let’s get high in the moonlight
Even the stars go right over our heads
I know I’m gonna shine here in the afterlife
Leaving the fight for peace of mind instead

You know that I can’t stop thinking about you
You’re the source of everything I do
You brought faith to songs I sing
So I went and bought a diamond ring
I wanna spend each night here with you
Yeah you took everything I was
And you turned it into something I’ve become
Good god, what’s a boy to do?

But I guess [D/F#]that’s what this world
Oh I guess t[D/F#]hat’s what this world
No I guess t[D/F#]hat’s what this world is, is coming to

No I guess [D/F#]that’s what my life is, is coming to

Well, I’m fine
I just need a moment
I’m alright right here on the floor
Well, I’m fine
I just need a moment to cry

And when I think about the ways
That you never waste your breath to say you love me
How you always held your lost loves above me
As you kept your other hand on the door
Yet I’ll admit I might miss
Every scar and every wish that we’d make
But our wishes were nothing but ways
To act as if we could use the change

Well, maybe one of these days
We’ll cross each other on a train to our new lives
We could talk about the old times
And how we’re glad we made it out alive

But for now I’ll sit and drink
As I think about the night that your father died
And I said I’d never leave your side
We once swore we could defeat this
Therefore, please excuse this little bit of weakness, oh

Well, I’m fine
I just need a moment of your time
To get all my things and let go
Well, I’m fine
I just need a moment to say goodbye

Well, Lord give me a reason
C’mon, show me you love me
I don’t want to let it go
Just to watch it fly
And Lord, give me a moment
Any of it, show me
I don’t want to feel it
I don’t wanna watch it go by

Because I’m fine
I just need a moment
I’m alright right here on the floor
Well, I’m fine
I just need a moment to say I’m fine
I need a moment
I’m alright here on the floor
Well, I’m fine
I just need a mo-ment to cry

I am nothing without love
I?m but a ship stuck in the sand
Some would say that I?m all alone
But I am nothing without love

I wanna hold her in my arms
But she feeling low she feeling sad
I would take credit for what?s wrong
But I am nothing without love

Three years at sea after the storm
On this sinking ship that love had put me on
God I wish a gust of wind would come and carry me home
But I got nowhere to go

Now here you show up with the force of a wave
And so I’m setting my sail, I?m headed for the empire state
Hey hey lord, I don?t want to lose this one, she make me feel whole
You know, I am nothing without love

Oh baby show me a sign
Send up a signal, that everything?s fine
Come on slide up right here by my side
You know that I want to rest in your light

I am nothing without love
I?m just these thoughts without a pen
And I would take credit for this song
But I am nothing without love