Ahead of Myself

I'm standin' in a picture
Wonderin' how I got here and I
Wish I could step out of the frame
Get somewhere down the line and
See it from far away

I wanna cry in a bathroom
Take it all out on a white wall tattoo
Beat myself to the punch
Be the good guy for once
Instead of the one makin' mistakes

If all is fair in love and war
What am I so worried for?
There's just so much I can't undo
When it comes to you

I wanna get ahead of myself, so
I don't ever hurt someone else, oh
I wanna run fast enough
So nothin' I ever do will ever catch up

I wanna get ahead of myself, so
When it comes to lovin' someone else
I wanna make friends with all I've done
So nothin' I ever do will ever catch up (ooh)

I know I can't go backwards
Build a time machine and rewrite chapters
It's hard to break a pattern
Even if it's happiness I'm after

If all is fair in love and war
I can't stay where I've been before
'Cause what I know's no longer true
When it comes to you

I wanna get ahead of myself, so
I don't ever hurt someone else, oh
I wanna run fast enough
So nothin' I ever do will ever catch up

I wanna get ahead of myself, so
When it comes to lovin' someone else
I wanna make friends with all I've done
So nothin' I ever do will ever catch up

No, nothin' I ever do will ever, ever catch up

Oh, I swear I'm almost there
Yeah, I'm one good card way
Oh, I swear I'm almost there
Gotta keep goin' anyway

Oh, I swear I'm almost there
Yeah, I'm one good card way
Oh, I swear I'm almost there
Gotta keep goin' anyway

I wanna get ahead of myself, so
I don't ever hurt someone else, oh
I wanna run fast enough
So nothin' I ever do will ever catch up

I wanna get ahead of myself, so
When it comes to lovin' someone else
I wanna make friends with all I've done
So nothin' I ever do will ever catch up

No, nothin' I ever do will ever, ever catch up