cardboard crown

it's 3am

the avenue is fading

it's only for the making

i'm made into a fool

i was hiding under smoke

when you found me in the alley

i tried to say i'm sorry

but you just kissed my neck and said

grab your shit i'll drive you home

one day you'll learn you can't fight this alone

in the bitter drink

in our cardboard crown

you've poisoned the well and don't wanna come down

now i'm up so high

too scared of the ground

and you swore a thousand times it wouldn't let you down

yeah

but you know it did

cause it always does

yeah

you know it did

cause it always does

morning came in rumbling

a train ran off the tracks

cars on the freeway

the sound of breaking glass

i didn't wanna wake you

cause i've already done enough

and i know you still love me

that's what hurts so much

stumbled out into the cold

wish i could fix whatever part of me broke

from my bitter drink and my cardboard crown

i've poisoned my well and don't wanna come down

now i'm up so high

too scared of the ground

and i swore a thousand i wouldn't let you down

yeah

but i know i did

lately i always do

yeah

you know i did

lately i always do

you know i did cause i always do

it seems i did

what it always does

from my bitter drink and my cardboard crown

i've poisoned the well and don't wanna come down