Hope Hurts Lyrics

Hope hurts

Keep it far away

I can't take another crash

Another flash of dream light left to decay

Hope hurts

It kicks me to the street

Sends me into battle when I'd rather

Be at home obsolete

It's all the same as I get older

We never get there over and over

My grandmother on my shoulder

We never get there over and over

Over and over

Over and over

Hope hurts

But I am not alone

So I cannot succumb to what I hunger for

The cradle or the bottle or the stone

The déjà vu as I get older

We almost get there over and over

My grandmother spitting from my shoulder

We almost get there over and over

Over and over

Hope is how we rehearse

But hope hurts