Lose Somebody Choosing You

[Intro] The room spins slow in a smoke-stained light One hand warm, one disappearing tonight Every heartbeat drags like a chain on the floor And I can’t keep both anymore [Verse 1] She’s fire in a downtown storm Leather jacket, chaos worn Makes me feel like I could fly Even if it burns me alive And you’re quiet like the pouring rain Soft enough to kill the pain Every word cuts clean and true Like I finally made it home to you [Pre-Chorus] And I’m standing in the wreckage With both names in my chest Trying to save everybody But somebody gets left [Chorus] In this three-beat tragedy Somebody’s gonna leave with me Somebody’s gonna watch me go While the band plays soft and low I can hear the heartbreak calling Like a chandelier falling And no matter what I do I lose somebody choosing you [Verse 2] One kiss tastes like gasoline One feels like a lifelong dream I keep breaking at the seams Pulled apart between extremes Every night becomes a war Two shadows waiting at my door And I swear I never meant To become this accident [Pre-Chorus] But the clock keeps swinging slowly Like a noose above my head And love becomes a weapon When too much gets said [Chorus] In this three-beat tragedy Somebody’s gonna leave with me Somebody’s gonna watch me go While the band plays soft and low I can hear the heartbreak calling Like a chandelier falling And no matter what I do I lose somebody choosing you [Bridge] So tell me who survives tonight The wild flame or the steady light ’Cause I’m breaking with every turn And every bridge behind me burns Maybe love was never fair Maybe somebody always disappears Into the dark beyond the sound While the final chord rings out [Final Chorus] In this three-beat tragedy I finally chose what’s killing me One pair of eyes went cold as stone One pair said “welcome home” But the silence after thunder Still tears my soul asunder And no matter what I do I lose somebody choosing you [guitar solo]