Left by The Door

The more you tried to burn
The more I tried to write, my love

You said to just move on
But I can't let it die, no

'Cause you should've known
That I'd bring it back

The way you just shut down
As I turned to dust
(The strength it took to call it off)
And as the flame died out
I had to clean it up
(The way you dared to call it love)

And now I'm selling out the pain
Writing songs spelling your name
I let it wash off with the rain
Like I'm sixteen again

Were you left by the door, speechless?

I used to write out my riddles
Praying that you'd solve them
(But you never mentioned anything past the wake)

And I cleaned off the windows
That were fogged up by nonsense
(The things I told myself to try and shift the blame)

But I'll still tell everyone
That you were my first love

The way you just shut down
As I turned to dust
(The strength it took to call it off)
And as the flame died out
I had to clean it up
(The way you dared to call it love)

And now I'm selling out the pain
Writing songs spelling your name
I let it wash off with the rain
Like I'm sixteen again

Were you left by the door, speechless?

Now I'm singing 'bout your eyes
Burning down the butterflies
Let's call this a last goodbye
Wave it off with a goodnight
Shake your hand and tell you why
I've loved you for three years in silence
And while you spend your time with her
Making me stay and observe
Someone who you used to call love
Just for us to give it up
Digging up the grave you dug
Just to spit into the corpse
Of everything I've done

Did my telling of your crimes
Scratch the mask you hide behind, my dear?

I was left by the door, speechless

The way you just shut down
As I turned to dust
(The strength it took to call it off)
And as the flame died out
I had to clean it up
(The way you dared to call it love)

And now I'm selling out the pain
Writing songs spelling your name
I let it wash off with the rain
Like I'm sixteen again

Were you left by the door, speechless?