It was true what they said
About me and you
How we were misled
I was so common
You were not bothered
We dressed it up
Divide and conquer
Town to town
We went hard
Parked at the hotel
Slept in our car
I'll tell a joke
You sway and saunter
We found a way
Divide and conquer
Well, I was waitin' for some bravery that never showed up
Just messin' around with a stick of dumb luck
Dancin' on the table just to cuttin' it up
Singin' in the living room and fallin' in love
Shut you out 'cause you wouldn't shut up
Cut me down 'til I couldn't get up
Laughin' at the brevity of life on the run
Howlin' 'cause my dad will never meet my son
Conquer, divide and conquer
We went wading through the water
Lay it on the altar
Dressed for slaughter
Divide and conquer
All that time we spent together
What once could fly
Now just a fallen feather
And the sickness came
Then came the weather
Tossed and torn
'Til we came untethered
What did we learn?
What did we reap?
We both took turns
Now the hills too steep
I'll take the boy
You take the daughter
It just made sense
Divide and conquer
And I was waitin' for some bravery that never showed up
Just messin' around with a stick of dumb luck
Dancin' on the table just to cuttin' it up
Singin' in the living room and fallin' in love
Shut you out 'cause you wouldn't shut up
Cut me down 'til I couldn't get up
Laughin' at the brevity of life on the run
Tore a page right out of "Annie", get your gun
Conquer, divide and conquer
We went wading through the water
Lay it on the altar
Dressed for slaughter
Divide and conquer
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Can we go back
To when we both could see
How good it was?
How good it could be?
Just a nowhere boy
Holdin' hands with a songbird
'Fore we were blinded by time
'Fore we divided and conquered
Can you still see me?
Or are we just a myth?
What once moved like water
Became a monolith
No longer free
But somehow stronger
Come back to me
Here is my armor
Well, I was waitin' for some bravery that never showed up
Just messin' around with a stick of dumb luck
Dancin' on the table just to cuttin' it up
Singin' in the living room and fallin' in love
Shut you out 'cause you wouldn't shut up
Cut me down 'til I couldn't get up
Laughin' at the brevity of life on the run
Howlin' 'cause my dad will never meet my son
Conquer, divide and conquer
We went wading through the water
Lay it on the altar
Dressed for slaughter
Divide and conquer