Only Here on Loan

Used to believe in faded horoscopes Unseen words in hidden envelopes The secret world on which I pinned my hopes Led me out into the great unknown A hundred ballots at the record store In a mall that isn't there no more It all crumbled to the wrecking ball On the arc that's swingin for us all I know, I know All the things we love, we have to learn to let them go I know, I know All the things we love are only here on loan. Misguided times I tried to bleach my hair Daydreaming one day I would go somewhere A somersault into the open air Floating in between a truth or dare Used to believe in serendipity Like that explained what had been done to me A constellation built out of probabilities Like a thousand people praying on two thousand bended knees I know, I know All the things we love, we have to learn to let them go I know, I know All the things we love are only here on loan Glided in on rented roller skates It was my first but not my last mistake All the friendships and the bonds we make Have a tendency to drift away But all of that was just a golden haze And when I look back on those younger days Wonder how I missed all the signs and evidence As I sailed into the ever-waiting arms of the abyss I know, I know All the things we love, we have to learn to let them go I know, I know All the things we love are only here on loan I know, I know All the things we love, we have to learn to let them go I know, I know All the things we love are only here on loan