We spent the night outside on the porch drinking gin
In the house on the coast as the storm rolled in
My regrets, where to begin?
It's coming back to me, it's coming round again
Your dark hair and your pale skin
And all the goddamn times I never let you in
I swear to God I wish I told you everything
It's coming back to me, it's coming round again
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We're hopeless again
We're hopeless again
Bittersweet, you know what they say
We shine and we fade, it's always the way
Bittersweet, you know what they say
I guess everything's gonna kill you one day
The doctor said, "Your head's a mess
You've come apart bit by bit
Take medicine, you'll feel again"
But I sure as hell just feel like shit
Bittersweet, we shine and we fade
I guess everything's gonna kill you one day
Bittersweet, you know what they say
We shine and we fade, it's always the way
Bittersweet, you know what they say
I guess everything's gonna kill you one day
The doctor said, "Your head's a mess
You've come apart bit by bit
Take medicine, you'll feel again"
But I sure as hell just feel like shit
He says, "It's probably all that drinking"
And I say, "Doc, you're overthinking
Why would I interfere with a process
That's keeping me from sinking?"
(We shine and we fade)
It's coming back to me, it's coming round again
(We shine and we fade)
It's coming back to me, it's coming round again
(We shine and we fade)
It's coming back to me, it's coming round again
(We shine and we fade)
It's coming back to me, it's coming round again
There are pieces of us strewn across your bedroom floor
There are pieces of me in a trail out your door
Your sister's sad smile as I passed her on the front porch
I got stuck in a downward spiral in a time when you needed more
I said, "I'm sorry, you know" You said, "Get out, just go"
I went to pieces with you watching from your window
I've got these loveless bones, now all I know is alone
So I lit my final cigarette and I walked three postcodes home
We shine and we fade
The doctor said, "Your head's a mess
You've come apart bit by bit
Take medicine, you'll feel again"
But I sure as hell just feel like shit
He says, "It's probably all that drinking"
And I say, "Doc, you're overthinking
Why would I interfere with a process
That's keeping me from sinking?"
♪
Bittersweet, we shine and we fade
I guess everything's gonna kill you one day