Tears fall
One at a time
One for each regret
Each lost love
One for each fading memory

Hitchin a ride
From time to time
Gettin nowhere
Down the road
You call sometimes
Ringin payphone
Cross the street
You been all over the world
Lovin who you meet
I put up this town
Not meanin to settle in
But my ride
It's not movin
And you done gone
Down the the road

The drivel spills
Over my chin
When did it
Start
What was
My sin

The key that leads nowhere

The key that leads nowhere
The flowers in her hair
The single bloom in winter
The smile I once knew

Wrapped in a memory
Put on a shelf
I've forgotten my purpose
I'm somebody else
I've spent too much time
Being alone
I've put away sanity
I never atoned
Sombody somewhere
They said that they cared
I should have known better
You would have been spared

The door left open
The stems without bloom
The snows cover all
The nothingness I know

I can see now
Why they do it
Why they pull that trigger

You stand for something
You work at making it right
You plead for the small differences
And for that
You are despised
Reviled
Because you did not
Give them what they want
You didn't feed their inner beast
And it wears on you
Pulls at you
Until you start believing the hate
Until you see you through their eyes
And you despair

Desperate
You search for acceptance
Maybe a little love and kindness
You give in
Bit by bit
And give them what they want
And you know
You're hurting them
You rationalize
And make excuses
You give up the crusade

And you hate yourself for that
Stuck between
Despair and hatred
You begin to understand why
Why they pull the trigger.

She brushed her hair back
In that moment
She was vulnerable
For just that instant
And my heart exploded
With grief

I would've given
Everything
For an I love you
Just one more

The drink spilled
She startled awake
With one deep breathe
The trigger was pulled

Crossing the Vernon River
Sunglasses on
Cold War Kids on the radio
Memories of Molly
Rattling around my head
And for just a moment
Life was ok