Backward (Voice Memo) Lyrics

You sent a pretty picture

Of the sunset from your window

Told me write a tune about it

Something sweet to soothe your sorrow

But these days are weighing on me

Clumsy circles like the laundry

And most nights I don't even sing at all

You sent a pretty picture

And you told me keep on fighting

Said one day you just might come out west

To sit and play beside me

But that duets a losing bet

The saccharine taste of stale regret

We made our bed in case you don't recall

Ohh it didn't have to end

And no, we can't be friends

But if you read the story backward

It ends with our first kiss

The rush of muffled laughter

Tequila on your lips

Yeah if you read the story backward

It almost just makes sense

If you ignore what happens after

Close your eyes and make a wish

You left a hurtful letter

On a bright bouquet of flowers

And when I got the urge to cry

I drowned it in the shower

In my head I drew a picture

Of good fortune in the future

But I never dreamt I'd climb the hill alone

I met a fortune teller

On the boardwalk up in Venice

She said i… i bore the trauma

On my aura like a blemish

I asked her for a wise word

So she charged me twenty dollars

And told me i should put it in a song

Ohh it didn't have to end

And no, we can't be friends

But if you read the story backward

It ends with our first kiss

The rush of muffled laughter

Tequila on your lips

Yeah if you read the story backward

It almost just makes sense

If you ignore what happens after

Close your eyes, make a wish

Pictures fading

Faces changing

Tights and tarot cards

Blink three times fast

I fly right back

To that first night at the bar

Pictures blurring

Time inverting

Candle wax and stars

Crimson clover

Though it's over

Ending where it starts

If you read the story backward

It ends with our first kiss

The rush of muffled laughter

Tequila on your lips

Yeah if you read the story backward

It almost just makes sense

If you ignore what happens after

Close your eyes and make a wish

Close your eyes