Staying/Leaving Lyrics

Worthless silent stretches

Intimidation tactics only lessen

My ability to tolerate the pressure

Of solving all our problems on my own

Going through the motions

Forcing compromises in the open

Faking happiness to cover all the broken

Promises you made along the way

Erratic swinging inbetween extemes

Avoid saying exactly what you mean

You'd probably be content to play pretend

But staying feels a lot like giving in

You're a stock character

Wasting my precious time

I could never keep that pace

For that long anyway

Intent on living every single dream

Without the consequences it would bring

You'd probably be content to play pretend

And leaving feels a lot like giving in

You're a stock character

Wasting my precious time

I could never keep that pace

For that long anyway

I'm not supposed to leave

You're the one who's really s'posed

To break things off with me

You play the victim here

Like i strung you up and left you there

To goddamn disappear