Past Tense of Pain

This is not a cry for help No, this is just a cry I would have died for you Now I just want to die Love was lying next to you Now love is just a lie Love is just the past tense of pain Things were better when they were plural Now I'm all alone in this lonely world Prefer the pronouns us and we But all I have is I and me I wish I could say I will have learned from this But fuck future perfect, perfect futures don't exist Love is just the past tense of pain So I'm not begging you to fix me I'm just asking you to kiss me So I can forget that I'm broken for a while This is not a cry for help No, this is just a cry I would have died for you Now I just want to die Love was lying next to you Now love is just a lie Love is just the past tense of pain The best way to get over someone Is to get under someone else Said the girl who'd been under everyone But couldn't get over herself So now I am on a mission To give the word single a definition That's more than just a synonym for alone So I'm not begging you to love me I'm just asking you to fuck me So I can forget that I'm lonesome for a while This is not a cry for help No, this is just a cry I would have died for you Now I just want to die Love was lying next to you Now love is just a lie Love is just the past tense of pain Love is just the past tense of pain Love is just the past tense of pain