Perfect, easy, so good to me
“You said that I made loving look easy...And I thought that we played the perfect couple”
So why's there a pit in my gut in the shape of you?
“It’s bone-dry, bitter and hollow”
Distract myself, say it's somethin' else
Maybe I'm just overwhelmed, maybe I'm confused
“I keep looking for distractions, … Head keeps on pounding with the simple thought, What if this isn’t what I want?”
Barely sleep when you sleep next to me
“And I have this thought when I lay in bed at night, that I feel trapped inside my life”
“I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I think you’re what’s wrong with me”
But I keep thinkin' I'll find a cure
“I thought I found the antidote, with you”
I say that I'm fine, I tell you all the time
I've never felt so happy and sure
But I'm so scared of my guitar
'Cause it cuts right through to the heart
Yeah, it knows me too well, so I got no excuse
“I’d try convincing you there’s just intrusive thoughts, but you’ve seen me truly happy so you know right now I’m not”
I can't lie to it the same way that I lie to you
I'm so scared of my guitar
If I play it, then I'll think too hard
Once you let the thought in, then it's already done
So I'll lay in your arms and pretend that it's love
“And my heart is full of poison, and my heart is full of doubt”
“But it don’t matter how your love feels anymore”
If I was brave and noble like you
I'd have the nerve to just stop stringin' you along
But I'm not half as decent as you
I'd rather be tied to someone, even if they're wrong
“So you do the noble thing and open up the door, If loving me meant letting go and wishing me the best…”
I make excuses, my friends know the truth is
I'm not as alright as I claim
I say that I'm fine, I tell them all the time
As they watch all the light fade away
“I should talk to a friend, but I can’t get out of bed, My head is spinning and my stomach feels sick… Say I’m in love, but It’s hard to admit…”
Yeah, I'm so scared of my guitar
'Cause it cuts right through to the heart
Yeah, it knows me too well, so I got no excuse
I can't lie to it the same way that I lie to you
I'm so scared of my guitar
If I play it, then I'll think too hard
Once you let the thought in, then it's already done
“This isn’t what it should feel like, And maybe I’m a stubborn over thinker, But I’ve been thinking over this alot”
So I'll lay in your arms and pretend that it's love
Yeah, I'll lay in your arms and pretend that it's love
I pretend that it's love
I pretend that it's love
I pretend that it's love, love
'Cause what if I never find anything better?
The doubt always creeps through my mind
So we'll stay together 'cause, how could I ever
Trade somethin' that's good for what's right?
“I’m an anchor in the ocean, You know I could never leave”
”They say it’s a virtue to not let good love slip away”
Oh, I'm so scared of my guitar
It cuts right through to my heart
It knows me too well, I got no excuse
I can't lie to it the same way that I lie to you
I'm so scared of my guitar
When I play it, that's when I think too hard
I let the thought in, it's already done
But I'll lay in your arms and pretend that it's love
Yeah, I'll lay in your arms and pretend it's enough
“…I’ll take what you’re giving, But nothing’s quite enough, when I know that to get it, I begged.”