Dirty denim hides your skin
Protecting tell-tale scars
Billboards for the victory of your loss
The staircase pulls you forward
Taunting you with memories
Bridges that you just can't seem to cross
The night is telling stories
No one else can understand
Tales of the cold sweetheart in your car
Promises pollute the air
Flower petals grace the floor
A stage to help keep you from going far
The shoebox under your bed
Is filled with fair-weather friends
Once you go deaf, they will start to sing
Photographs try to tell you
Of the lovers in your life
But medicated smiles don't mean a thing
The one who truly loves you
Is the one you left behind
Needles tangled up in Christmas lights
So break your songbird's beak off
If it helps to ease the guilt
I'll still hum through all the days and nights
Protecting tell-tale scars
Billboards for the victory of your loss
The staircase pulls you forward
Taunting you with memories
Bridges that you just can't seem to cross
The night is telling stories
No one else can understand
Tales of the cold sweetheart in your car
Promises pollute the air
Flower petals grace the floor
A stage to help keep you from going far
The shoebox under your bed
Is filled with fair-weather friends
Once you go deaf, they will start to sing
Photographs try to tell you
Of the lovers in your life
But medicated smiles don't mean a thing
The one who truly loves you
Is the one you left behind
Needles tangled up in Christmas lights
So break your songbird's beak off
If it helps to ease the guilt
I'll still hum through all the days and nights