I Wish I Never

I wish I never held your hand in Amsterdam
I wish we never spoke of the escape plan
I wish I never cared so much but I did and damn
If only we knew what would happen then

That conversation in Barcelona was where I felt it turn a corner
I pressed my face up to fog the glass
I wrote our names in the mist but they faded fast

You can burn Big Ben, watch it fall into the Thames
Steal the arms from the clock and scatter the cogs
But that won't change what happened then
You can scream you can cry, oh how it didn't quite align
Take a match to the atlas, torch all the maps
But the pain lives on inside
Don't blame the place, don't blame the times

I wish I never saw you cry in Sacramento
I don't wish I didn't care, I just should've let it go
I wish that fateful night in Tokyo before the show
You didn't look at me like that but you did though

That day you sang in the Zurich crypt
Just like a siren sinking battleships
Thats when I knew loving you
Would leave me with more than just a bruise

You can burn Big Ben, watch it fall into the Thames
Steal the arms from the clock and scatter the cogs
But that won't change what happened then
You can scream you can cry, oh how it didn't quite align
Take a match to the atlas, torch all the maps
But the pain lives on inside
Don't blame the place, don't blame the times

Eyes on the skies, oh where's that white dove?
Hold your court with those bound by love
Pretending that the jury's still out
Don't look down

You can burn Big Ben, watch it fall into the Thames
Steal the arms from the clock and scatter the cogs
But that won't change what happened then
You can scream you can cry, oh how it didn't quite align
Take a match to the atlas, torch all the maps
But the pain lives on inside
Don't blame the place, don't blame the times