Consolation Prize

every now and then
i wonder how you've been in all this time
i wonder if you ever came around to
what went down and
once in awhile i think of all the life we spent together
and i don't even know your number anymore

looking back at all your quiet desperation
in retrospect now aren't you glad i let you go

isn't it nice to know that you're not my consolation prize
doesn't it feel like freedom breathin in and out now
isn't it good to see all the love in someone else's eyes
doesn't it all make sense that you're better off without me
oh, oh, whoa
oh, oh... whoa

i wonder if you kept the painting that i gave you
pretty sure she made you throw it out
that sucks i would have loved to have it back
i only brought it home for you because i loved it
all revisionary history aside i loved you too

so why am i the bad guy in your estimation
for being brave enough to say what we we both knew

isn't it nice to know that you're not my consolation prize
doesn't it feel like freedom breathin in and out now
isn't it good to see all the love in someone else's eyes
doesn't it all make sense that you're better off without me
oh, oh, whoa
oh, oh... whoa

no grand intention
no pain to mention
just too many days that fade to blue
and look how it came out perfect
for better would have been for worse if
i'd have been the one to settle down that walk with you

isn't it nice to know that you're not my consolation prize
doesn't it feel like freedom breathin in and out now
isn't it good to see all the love in someone else's eyes
doesn't it all make sense that you're better off without me
oh, oh, whoa
oh, oh... whoa