Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps,
Praying the
floor won't fall through, again
My
mother accused me of losing my mind,
But I swore I was
fine, you paint me a blue sky
And go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your
chess game,
But you changed the rules every day
Wondering which version of you I might get on the
phone
Tonight, well I stopped picking up, and this song is to let you know why
*chorus*
Well maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame
Maybe it's you and your
sick need to give love then take it away
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said "run as fast as you can"
*chorus*
I should've known
You are an expert at sorry,
And keeping the lines blurry
Never impressed by me acing your tests
All the
girls that you've run
dry
Have tired, lifeless eyes
'Cause you burned them out
But I took your matches before fire could catch me,
So don't look now, I'm shining
like fireworks over your sad, empty town
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress, cried the whole way
home.
I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
You should've known, you should've known
Don't you think I was too young? You should've known
