Open the Floodgates

And it's about time
I got this feeling off my chest
I don't think what I do is best for anyone not anymore
Yeah it's tough
I'm not ever enough
How do I find love if pieces of my heart are glued to the floor

The lifeboat that we made never withstood the flood
'Cause our love was ill and intimate
Like the taste of blood
On bare skin
Don't know how you crept in
Am I just a cog in the engine I've made
It's sputtering in circles
And hiding in the shade
While looking at you laughing from across the way

And this takes time
Take your kiss off my tongue
We had our shot but we swung too hard, too fast, and so we missed
And you felt pain
I wanna hope that you've changed
And so I look up your name when I get stoned and want to reminisce

The lifeboat that we made never withstood the flood
'Cause our love was ill and intimate
Like the taste of blood
On bare skin
Don't know how you crept in
Am I just a cog in the engine I've made
It's sputtering in circles
And hiding in the shade
While looking at you laughing from across the way

You only call me when your moments are mundane
And I am not the last stop on a station for your train
And yes my heart is broken, but I'm not the only one
The world is cold and hungry for the next social queue
A lie to tell themselves that they're all brand new
But their packages are opened, burned and bruised from the sun

The lifeboat that we made never withstood the flood
'Cause our love was ill and intimate
Like the taste of blood
On bare skin
Don't know how you crept in
Am I just a cog in the engine I've made
I'm sputtering in circles
I'm hiding in the shade
I'm crying at you laughing from across the way
You're just across the way
Please take the river away