It Haunts Him Lyrics

I can't quite recall the face

Of a boy I knew in second grade

Who pushed me to the ground, teased me on the bus

Broke my little glasses, broke my little trust

But he called me up crying when he left in May

And the last thing I ever thought he'd say

Is even to this day

It haunts him

Seventeen I paid a price

When I let the same hand hurt me twice

He spun my head around, teased me on the phone

Liked my cherry chapstick, wouldn't take me home

But a few months and then a few glasses in

He gets way too honest and as a friend

He tells me yet again

It haunts him

(It haunts him)

Do I cast a spell without knowing it?

Do I curse their minds?

I don't mean all the vengeance that spills from my lips

At least most of the time

Do I spew my wrath without showing it?

Heaven knows I've tried

When the rage in my heart frees itself from my grip

It will eat you alive

Met a boy with eager eyes

His calm hands were a good disguise

He went and let me down, said he needed space

Made me do the leaving he just couldn't face

But it's all for the better, and I know it's true

That the same thing's coming to find him too

The ghost of who he knew

Will haunt him

You leave in the morning

I'd like to know your story

I hope when I come back

He made me do the leaving

That's what a girl gets

I'd like to read your mind

We won't stay forever

I left my hometown

I'll never be what you need

Left my lover

Love my damage

Your songbird flew away

Flew away