Paper Plane

Remember when we thought we knew it all?
Each time we'd fall, we swore we'd stand tall
But look at us now, bruised and cold
Chasing love stories that we used to be told

I thought we'd be smarter, thought we'd grow wise
But every kiss still turns into goodbye
Maybe the truth is what we've never shown
That we'd be better off being alone

I've broken you, over and over again
Ripped you apart piece by piece, like a paper plane
Fooled by the rush, blinded by flame
Each time it ends, it ends just the same
Why do we do this, run into the rain
When all we find is heartbreak and pain?
The child inside is crying, still
While the adult in the mirror can't feel

The child inside keeps crying, crying, crying
While the adult in the mirror keeps lying, lying, lying

You used to soar high, now you're barely a glide
Guess all those promises just broke your pride
I thought we'd be stronger after every fall
But you're just a paper plane hitting the wall

I thought we'd fly higher, thought we'd heal quick
But love from the past comes back like a trick
Maybe the lesson is one we won't learn
Love's not worth the fire that burns

I've broken you, over and over again
Ripped you apart piece by piece, like a paper plane
Abused by hope, glitch by the dream
Every love is hurt since I was sixteen
Why do we do this, keeps chasing the pain
When all that we find is heartbreak, endless rain
The child inside is crying, loudly
While the adult in the mirror feel lonely

The child inside keeps crying, crying, crying, crying
While the adult in the mirror keeps denying, denying

Maybe it's time to let go of the flight
Stop chasing shadows, stop chasing the light
Better to land, to rest from the ache
Than crash every time from each little break

I thought we'd be wiser, but we've grown cold
Life's getting harder, the years feeling old
The child's still crying, but I can't hold his hand
Too busy chasing what I don't understand
And maybe, just maybe, it's time to let go
Of a love that was never meant to grow

Why do we do this, keep chasing the pain
The boy inside crying again and again
Abused by hope, tricked by the dream
Every time I loved, it's hurt the same since I was sixteen

Why do we do this, keep chasing the pain
The boy inside's been tricked by the heart
Lost in the game, torn apart from the start
Every time got hurt by love at last I'm the one to blame

Why do we do this, run through the rain
When all we find is heartbreak again?
That crying child grows up still lying
Smiling and denying that inside he's still crying

And maybe, just maybe, it's time to try
To be alone, spread my wings, and fly
Breaking away from the paper plane
That was never meant to soar in the sky again

Maybe it's time to let go of the flight
Stop chasing shadows, stop chasing the light
Better to land, to rest from the ache
That inside he still crying
And maybe, just maybe, it's time to try
To be alone, spread my wings, and fly
Breaking away from the paper plane
That was never meant to soar in the sky again