A Thousand Lives

I went and bought you flowers

But I gave them away to somebody else

We made plans for hours

But I lived them out with somebody else

Someone had the life, had the cries, had the first dance

Butterflies in the back of my old car

A thousand lives

Caught in a fire, I, I, I

Dancing on hallowed ground

I count the times

We tried but I, I, I, I

Know some stories don't play out

We took a shot, but the truth is that we couldn't live through the pain

A thousand lives

Now I'm sat here thinking what if one went right

I kept your letters in the basement

Of a house that I bought with somebody else

I went and bought a bracelet

But I wrote a different name when I engraved it

Someone had the life, had the cries, had the first dance

Butterflies in the back of my old car

It was gone in a rush, now it's all in the dust, oh

A thousand lives

Caught in a fire, I, I, I

Dancing on hallowed ground

I count the times

We tried but I, I, I, I

Know some stories don't play out

We took a shot, but the truth is that we couldn't live through the pain

A thousand lives

Now I'm sat here thinking what if one went right

Every face, every place makes me think about it

Every doubt, but it's too late now

Every street, every scene makes me think about it

Every need, but it's too late

A thousand lives

Caught in a fire, I, I, I

Dancing on hallowed ground

I count the times

We tried but I, I, I, I

Know some stories don't play out

We took a shot, but the truth is that we couldn't live through the pain

A thousand lives

Now I'm sat here thinking what if one went right