New Standards

So I heard you're looking for a lease on life I wish you luck in your endeavors You have your mistakes and I have mine Plenty more to share when we get older If I had a dollar for every lie I've told We'd never really know the total Apologies only go so far When you've known the truth all along A conversation waiting to start And this will bend or break our hearts It wasn't fair in love or war It's time to walk out that door I'll bet that all those times I got under your skin You don't miss them like you say you miss me What a change I've been able to make without you by my side What a shame that I couldn't have taken you on the ride I think we're better off this way It's hard to tell the difference when your heart's at stake The door has stayed unlocked A conversation waiting to start We watched every expectation Crashing down wordlessly We watched as the shackles, rusted and poisoning me Finally loosened and let me free You can't hold me down anymore I'm the only one that will screw me over And everything I ever try Hands burnt over a flame trying not to let it die