Rather Be Lonely

It was just a row, can't remember what caused it

But I poured the skeletons from both of our closets

I wound you up and then asked you to drop it all

And go to bed

I know how things go and you're seein' red

It was just a row, can't remember what over

It blurs into one kind of over exposure

When voices are raised, it gets harder to rephrase

And take back what you said

Well, how'd we end up right back here again?

This didn't seem like the ice on the cake

The nail in the coffin

The slam on the break

It kills me to see it, it hurts me to say

You'd rather be lonely than love me again

It was just a fight, nothing special nor different

But I felt the atmosphere change in an instant

Two lovers became just like bickering strangers

Gone behind the eyes

But I don't think we're getting it back this time

This didn't seem like the ice on the cake

The nail in the coffin

The slam on the break

It kills me to see it, it hurts me to say

You'd rather be lonely

I tried to recall every word, every sentence

But I can't remember what I've had for breakfast

I'm brittle like glass and I'm easy offended

And all my bravado is under pretenses

Well, maybe I should have just stopped my pretending

Winning's important and pride is expensive

But I'm much too stubborn and far too defensive

Oh, to see that

A chip in the windscreen is cracking away

The finishing touches, the end of a race

It kills me to see it, it hurts me to say

You'd rather be lonely than love me again

You'd rather be lonely

Oh, you'd rather be lonely

Oh, you'd rather be lonely

Oh, you'd rather be lonely than love me again