I'll always treasure the naivety of the past we've shared Our bodies grew much faster than our minds But together we got good at stopping time My teen angst drove me to hurt myself And I made you watch Oh, the pain I must have caused But by staying around you saved my life
We were never meant to be lovers Just fellow late bloomers who blossomed apart
Watching my parents made me look for something destructive And there you were with all the characteristics of my mum Familiarity of home The geographic gap led to forced adulthood And your rage exposed I'm glad we left things when we did I doubt I'd survive another bloody nose
We were never meant to be lovers We just mirrored each other's self-destructiveness
The spotlight burned in the room when we were together And we played our parts And I wore an imaginary TV screen So you never got to touch my heart
We were never meant to be lovers Our egos fed off each other And died overweight
I thought I'd seen it all when you walked in But you shut me up And challenged every wrong perception I've had of myself And you haven't ever stopped
