My Mistake

Who knew it'd be so easy

To lose yourself completely?

Forever stuck in your old ways

I saw you in the limelight

Your flaws, I turned a blind eye

'Cause you swore you'd always be okay

But you keep hurtin' yourself

And you just can't see

You put out your fires with gasoline

But it pours on me

And I'm tired of the mess you leave

If I knew that through the years you'd be fallin'

I would say goodbye to you, darlin'

So I'd never have to face

The hollow shell you masquerade

And if I knew the words that you sold me

Covered up the truth you've been holding

I would learn to let you go

Before we traveled down this road

Now all I have is ignorance to blame

But I guess that was my mistake

Trapped by your limitations

A bright potential wasted

On fantasies you live to chase

You say that nobody else will understand

Push 'em away when you get the chance

I'm the last to say

But I just can't watch as you fade away

If I knew that through the years you'd be fallin'

I would say goodbye to you, darlin'

So I'd never have to face

The hollow shell you masquerade

And if I knew the words that you sold me

Covered up the truth you've been holding

I would learn to let you go

Before we traveled down this road

Now all I have is ignorance to blame

But I guess that was my mistake

And I hope you find the missin' pieces

And love yourself without a reason

'Cause right now we're just in a losing game, whoa

And I'm sorry that I couldn't save ya

From all your self-inflicted danger

I wish you the best, but it's too late

If I knew that through the years you'd be fallin'

I would say goodbye to you, darlin'

So I'd never feel the pain

Of watchin' us go down the drain

I wish I knew the words that you sold me

Covered up the truth you've been holding

In a heart that won't let go

Of everything it's always known

I foolishly believed one day you'd change

But I guess that was my mistake

My mistake

My mistake

(Oh, I should've seen it comin')

(Should've seen it comin')

My mistake

My mistake

My mistake

Oh, I should've seen it coming

Should've seen it coming

Who knew it'd be so easy

To lose yourself completely?

Forever stuck in your old ways