Three years, give or take a few months I did the math wrong the first two times You kept the apartment, I kept the couch Neither of us wanted it, we just split it fast People ask what happened and I give them the short version The long version doesn't fit in a sentence anyway Something about timing, something about growing Something neither of us really believes City of stars, I was never truly yours Just a chapter that you closed before I gave you everything, gave you the flame And you weren't even there to catch it, just the same I drove past our old street last week Didn't slow down, didn't speed up either Just drove, the way you drive past anything That used to matter and now doesn't, quite I'm not angry, not anymore, not really Anger takes a kind of energy I don't keep around I'm just tired in the specific way That only this kind of ending makes you Maybe the city never had any stars in it Maybe that was always just the lights Maybe we were nev...

Burns from a fire Hide it in my own disguise All left in powder On its way up to the sky And on goes the song Sing it louder Top of your lungs For it will turn into Dust So you got something to do tomorrow, Just ride Burns from a fire Hide it in my own disguise All left in powder On its way up to the sky ------ Source: genie Romanised by JHnimm  

You bought two tickets to the planetarium Said it was silly, said it anyway The room went dark and the ceiling opened up Fake stars, real hand in mine You started naming things that don't exist Made up a constellation shaped like a dog I laughed and let you have it Let you have all of it We built a universe from painted light This one's you, this one's mine tonight Planetarium light still on your face Even after the stars gave way I drive past that building sometimes now Never go in, don't know why I'd want to Somebody else has two tickets tonight Making up their own fake sky I still know that constellation The one shaped like a dog, the one you made up It doesn't exist anywhere Except in me, apparently Real stars don't come with names Somebody agreed on those a long time ago But the fake ones, the painted ones Those were only ever ours We built a universe from painted light This one's you, this one's mine tonight Planetarium light still on you...

I left home Avoiding Attempting Peace of mind To be by your side When the hour strikes Morning time I’ll be right back to my life Yuh Can’t give me a moment, what’s up? Yuh Can’t nobody tell me what’s up Yuh I’m up Yuh I dreamt Woke up, hopefully in somebody’s beach house Hold up, give me two weeks by the seaside Hold up, maybe the next one’s a B-side Type They running folds, but don’t know the buyers I’m on an island, just like Tobias I’m on an island, like the Bahamas I’m speaking in silence When they gon' pop the news I’m coming back somebody new I’m waiting for when the wind’s right Setting my sail right Just let me mind my own business Go f*ck all your plucking and picking I’m done with the weirdos Done with the negatives Done with distorting Done with serenity Done with my efforts And nobody noticing Paper controlling me Maggots in front of me I'mma just slide it off Last time I'mma pipe down Had to lock myself up in the den Go...

Keys in my hand, I don't even ask Just get in, we don't need a map Radio's playing something we don't know the words to So we make them up, badly, and laugh Windows down, the city thinning out Streetlights turning into stars somehow You said turn here, I said I don't know why We just kept driving toward the sky Lala land, lala land Shall we dance where the sunset ends Lala land, lala land Just one scene before the credits roll Parked the car at the top of the hill Neither of us said a thing, just stood still You pointed at something, I wasn't even looking I was looking at you looking at it Maybe this is the good part Maybe this is already the whole thing Not the start of a longer story Just this, exactly this If this is a movie, I don't want the sequel I just want this hill, this song, this evening Let the credits roll right here Before we find out how it ends Lala land, lala land Shall we dance where the sunset ends Lala land, lala land Just one scene...

I'll break down, I was only Acting controlled Lose me and you'll notice What I've condoned For I ain't do you much wrong So much you had to explore For if I've loved and I've lost That's something I can endure If I could Know that I would Know that I would (Know that I would) If I could Know that I would Know that I would (Know that I) With my hand in yours, that's just the way it goes How fast we're moving past The times I've been through Wasting my afternoon How far we've moved at last Can't seem to jump to the other side I'm at the edge Somebody tip me to the other side Ahh If I could Know that I would Know that I would (Know that I would) If I could Know that I would Know that I would (Know that I) ------ Source: genie Romanised by JHnimm  

You laughed at something and I laughed too A half second late, like a bad translation Counted the buttons on your shirt instead of listening Four, I think. Maybe five. Everyone said what a beautiful couple I heard it from very far away Like the room had a delay on it Like I was watching this happen to someone else What a lovely night, what a waste of right You held me close, but I was gone all night What a lovely night, what a beautiful lie You deserved someone who meant it, not this goodbye Your hand found mine under the table I let it stay there, didn't move it away Not because I wanted it Because moving it felt like too much work I kept waiting to feel something Kept checking, like patting my pockets for keys Nothing. Then nothing again. Then the song ended and everyone clapped It wasn't your fault, none of it You did everything a person is supposed to do I just wasn't in the room Not really, not for a long time What a lovely night, what a waste of right You held m...

I tried Slowing down oh, I tried Spun my legs for a mile So I'd Leave it at a good time And nothing more No time I'll see the end of my twenties in No time I'll be counting numbers from the backside In time So now is Just my time to live by What I live by Pitch black, and I got my eyes wide open Why is it I feel more free? I got my back to a wall No place more to fall Hades don't got nothing on me I tried Leaving nothing by my side Kept talking to myself for a while Been a while Yeah, it's been a while I was cutting out Grease from a hand-me-down But I see, this is nothing but a game I just never thought I'd wanna play Big pool on an acre Far fetched, for my labor? Big scoops, big labels Big house, Las Vegas I'm just kicking at a rock, ey, and it's peace As it is, be here, be there, be near Pitch black, and I got my eyes wide open Why is it I feel more free? I got my back to a wall No place more to fall Hades don...

Three years, give or take a few months I did the math wrong the first two times You kept the apartment, I kept the couch Neither of us wanted it, we just split it fast People ask what happened and I give them the short version The long version doesn't fit in a sentence anyway Something about timing, something about growing Something neither of us really believes City of stars, I was never truly yours Just a chapter that you closed before I gave you everything, gave you the flame And you weren't even there to catch it, just the same I drove past our old street last week Didn't slow down, didn't speed up either Just drove, the way you drive past anything That used to matter and now doesn't, quite I'm not angry, not anymore, not really Anger takes a kind of energy I don't keep around I'm just tired in the specific way That only this kind of ending makes you Maybe the city never had any stars in it Maybe that was always just the lights Maybe we were nev...