What It Was

The world blurs around me, time is swallowing us whole We watch each other disappear We forget our minds, and our hands come alive We touch each other to prove we're still here Our perfect love's a lie, cos a perfect love implies a love in all capacities And I can't help but think there are easier ways to die happy Morning breaks in a photograph and we are smiling A keepsake of a love neither of us recall What I want back is what it was We keep breaking each other and calling it love This mountain of life I've been tumbling down Grief saddled on my back But I know that when I fall, I will stand and find myself in a field of lilacs And in that slanting sunlight, I will finally realise you taught me what I've always known When life gives you lemons, all you drink is lemonade The acid eats away at your tongue My hand on the latch, the door is swinging open I understand - I'm inviting everybody in What I want back is what it was We keep breaking each other and calling it love All I want back is what it was We keep breaking each other and calling it love What I want back is what it was We keep breaking each other and calling it love All the lies that you tell tell me a greater truth All this pain's just a confirmation that you Never knew how to love and be loved in turn Well now's your time to learn What I want back is what it was We keep breaking each other and calling it love Yeah, calling it love