breakthrough

You were the driver of my dreams
But it all came apart at the seams
When you put your foot on the gas
Speeding to something that wouldn't last

I should've buckled up before it buckled down
Fatal desire burned me to the ground
You drove us right off the cliff
Holding me hostage to your feelings

I wished we'd never collide
Filling up my hopes like punctured tires
I barely crawled out alive
Should've jumped from your ride
When I smell the gaslights

Crash and burn
I stopped chasing your love
As the sirens wailing, flatlines blaring
Headlights glaring, tires screeching
Scream and shout
To the stars above
As the sirens fading, flatlines missing
Headlights dimming, I am hitting the road
'Cause the wreckage clears
When a breakthrough is near

You saw my worst, you broke in first
Held the brakes on my deepest fears
The consequence of careless words
Betrayed the eyes I could fall for years
You broke me on all your terms
When brakes go out on all your nerves
It brought the worst right out of us
I wished the hurt could forgive your love
But it couldn't, and it wouldn't

Remember we never break even
Even when you break the silence
I gave you a break from the curse that I was
You think you deserved
But you'd never own my worth

Crash and burn
I stopped chasing your love
As the sirens wailing, flatlines blaring
Headlights glaring, tires screeching
Scream and shout
To the stars above
As the sirens fading, flatlines missing
Headlights dimming, I am hitting the road

We were a high-speed chase
How did love become a frantic race
Against time, against fate
These tracks are still hot on the surface, burnt with our mistakes
Don't want to stay in your rearview or get towed away
'Cause I'm not a crash-test dummy for your reckless ways
You leeched my heart, turned May to grey
Anniversaries mean nothing to me
When obligations outweighed
Now I'm left to navigate
Like a deer in the headlights
'Cause you're my ride-and-die
Syphoned off the highs
Swerving left and right
Pining over the winding mess of reasons why
At the stop sign where we could've said goodbye
We still tried, but now I must drive

Ah
Woah woah

Crash and burn
But lessons learned
As wreckage clears
When a breakthrough is near

Crash and burn
The lessons learned
As wreckage clears
When a breakthrough is near