What It Was Lyrics

The world blurs around me, time is swallowing us whole

We watch each other disappear

We forget our minds, and our hands come alive

We touch each other to prove we're still here

Our perfect love's a lie, cos a perfect love implies a love in all capacities

And I can't help but think there are easier ways to die happy

Morning breaks in a photograph and we are smiling

A keepsake of a love neither of us recall

What I want back is what it was

We keep breaking each other and calling it love

This mountain of life I've been tumbling down

Grief saddled on my back

But I know that when I fall, I will stand and find myself in a field of lilacs

And in that slanting sunlight, I will finally realise you taught me what I've always known

When life gives you lemons, all you drink is lemonade

The acid eats away at your tongue

My hand on the latch, the door is swinging open

I understand - I'm inviting everybody in

What I want back is what it was

We keep breaking each other and calling it love

All I want back is what it was

We keep breaking each other and calling it love

What I want back is what it was

We keep breaking each other and calling it love

All the lies that you tell tell me a greater truth

All this pain's just a confirmation that you

Never knew how to love and be loved in turn

Well now's your time to learn

What I want back is what it was

We keep breaking each other and calling it love

Yeah, calling it love