Do you remember when I Used to black out the lights in my apartment The darkness overwhelmed us But it kept me feeling safe The real you would come out Whenever we'd illuminate It's the reason I put tin foil In the windows in the first place I could never leave you Even if you really hated me I could not accept it When your mother tried to tell me To run away And let you fade We pretended like The future wouldn't sort us out Living life like Every moment was profound Even if it was wrong It felt true to me Even if it meant Nothing to you, I believed We had what I believed Was everything I'd ever need To run away And let you fade To run away And let you fade Maybe if we had been older It would change things And then you'd always love me And instead you would have stayed The chances are I'd ruin things All over again But I'd relive the heartbreak If it meant I'd find a new way To love again Or let someone in To love again Or let someone in To love again Or let someone in