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We both woke up, alone.
In the night, so cold.
It was I, wishing you were by my side.
Well I confess,
I'm a fool.
Such a mess,
here as I sit and try not to break down.
Guess I'll keep dreamin'
I can't bare to live a life.
Without you by my side.
Tell me, am I alive?
Can I confide?
You said we would survive.
Yeah right, you're only telling lies.
Why am I surprised, that I'm not alright?
I built this heart of stone.
In the night alone.
What a life, right?
Missing what was never even mine.
Just confess, you're lustful.
Half a mess, enough though.
As I sit here smiling soft, guess I'll keep dreamin'
I can't bare to live a life.
Without you by my side.
Tell me, am I alive?
Can I confide?
You said we would survive.
Yeah right, you're only telling lies.
Why am I surprised, that I'm not alright?
I guess you're like a storm,
Pouring on to shore.
Listening is something I perfected on the floor.
I'm cashing in my chords, cutting off my tongue.
This poison has to love me more than you ever could.
I can't bare to live a life.
Without you by my side.
Tell me, am I alive?
Can I confide?
You said we would survive.
Yeah right, you're only telling lies.
Why am I surprised, that I'm not alright?
In the night, so cold.
It was I, wishing you were by my side.
Well I confess,
I'm a fool.
Such a mess,
here as I sit and try not to break down.
Guess I'll keep dreamin'
Without you by my side.
Tell me, am I alive?
Can I confide?
You said we would survive.
Yeah right, you're only telling lies.
Why am I surprised, that I'm not alright?
In the night alone.
What a life, right?
Missing what was never even mine.
Just confess, you're lustful.
Half a mess, enough though.
As I sit here smiling soft, guess I'll keep dreamin'
Without you by my side.
Tell me, am I alive?
Can I confide?
You said we would survive.
Yeah right, you're only telling lies.
Why am I surprised, that I'm not alright?
Pouring on to shore.
Listening is something I perfected on the floor.
I'm cashing in my chords, cutting off my tongue.
This poison has to love me more than you ever could.
Without you by my side.
Tell me, am I alive?
Can I confide?
You said we would survive.
Yeah right, you're only telling lies.
Why am I surprised, that I'm not alright?
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This song is about the 2012 suicide of Joel's girlfriend who he also wrote "Don't you dare forget the sun." and "Cynical skin." about with get scared. The second verse, and bridge detail some of the issues in their relationship that arose as a result of her declining mental health, which even lead her to become toxic to a certain extent, which is why he says, "This poison has to love me more than you ever could."