There’s still one way that works to get over a mistake and it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever

Last night you drank and
Flirted with the horizon
But that move might
Not be a wise one

Your friends are frantic
They’re always whispering over
You when you pass out
On the sofa

You say it’s a vacation
But they know it’s home invasion
And they’re running
Out of patience

While you keep on trying hard to know what most people don’t even need to be told

But there’s still one way that works to make it through a day
Still one way that works to mend the things you break
Still one way that works to get over a mistake
And it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever

You always were the
One who went a bit too far
Drag your friends
Off to one more bar

But when the cops came calling
You were never scared to answer
Drag them down a dead end
And warn whoever they’re after

You were everyone’s bartender
Therapist and moneylender,
When we had nowhere to go.

But you had all those imaginary walls and you never built an imaginary door

But there’s still one way that works to make it through a day
Still one way that works to mend the things you break
Still one way that works to get over a mistake
And it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever

Now you see how they look at you
Every single night
And you don’t know what to say
You’ve run out of songs to write

But all your old songs
Haven’t disappeared
They ran away to the woods,
And made up little songs of their own

Now they’re out of control
Running round, singing themselves
To themselves,
And you’re losing tracks

Maybe people will always see
That you’re just a local
From a place no good real
Estate agent would go

So turn up the volume
Of the voices that still love you,
Until they fill up
Your heart and your headphones,

You left a dollar on the table
It was bluer than the ocean
Denser than the big bang

I don’t know if I care about you but I care about caring about you

But there’s still one way that works to make it through a day
Still one way that works to mend the things you break
Still one way that works to get over a mistake
And it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever
Still one way that works to get over a mistake
And it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever