you were angry when you said it so I won't hold it against you cause sometimes we're the most honest when we've been shaken loose I could feel you reeling back I was ready for the blow but I asked myself why it was I stayed even when it was time to go forgive me for leaving for taking my time you were the best thing I ever called mine and I wish I could help how I feel and I wish I could help how I don't cause he'll never love me the way that you did and it's something I'll have to live with he was passing through a minefield if only he had known I did my best to keep him safe but never let it show I'm a runner first, a lover last it's not the most ideal but I'm so tired of hurting where I never seem to heal forgive me for leaving for taking my time you were the best thing I ever called mine and I wish I could help how I feel and I wish I could help how I don't cause he'll never love me the way that you did and it's something I'll have to live with I was broken when I met you didn't know who I was but you brought out the best in me til I let myself be loved forgive me for leaving it wasn't our time you were the best thing I ever called mine and I wish I could help how I feel and I wish I could help how I don't cause he'll never love me the way that you did and it's something I'll have to live with

fall asleep next to me lower your defenses you are safe here on my watch you were crying in my bedroom cause you didn't want to leave and I had never felt what you were drawing out of me before every breath feels like a sigh trying to stay busy as the days go on by I wish I could hold you I can almost feel your skin afraid to close my eyes and lose the picture in my head again will you come back? you've left a canyon behind an echo in the walls that hasn't stopped in time will you come back? you've made a home in the edges you took me for ransom and left behind a canyon lay my soul beside your own there may come a time that changes everything we know but I'll hold onto right now and forget what happens then can't let myself be wounded by what hasn't happened yet will you come back? you've left a canyon behind an echo in the walls that hasn't stopped in time will you come back? you've made a home in the edges you took me for ransom and left behind a canyon will you come back? do you know that I love you? you took me for ransom and left behind a canyon

wish I could make you change your mind I still remember watching you drive off wish I could somehow hit rewind set a new course so we don't get lost you had your mind set on the stars I only owned a fraction of your heart Hollywood, oh, Hollywood Hollywood took my man just like they said it would oh how I knew I could never stand a chance I can't remember how to sleep night turns to day and I am in the same dream wish I could look out at the moon lie to myself, pretending that we're in the same room you had your mind set on the stars I hope you find them wherever you are Hollywood, oh, Hollywood Hollywood took my man just like they said it would oh how I knew I could never stand a chance... against the need to prove himself to other gods he had a need to prove himself to other gods I'm tryin' to be a big girl hold my head up high a loss like this is gonna take some time I'm tryin' to be a big girl hold my head up high a loss like this is gonna take some time Hollywood, oh, Hollywood Hollywood took my man just like they said it would oh how I knew I could never stand a chance

what is this veil that you've pulled over my head? feel so much lighter, see so much brighter than I can comprehend don't take the misery out of my heart I need it for clout give me some time, it won't be for long til I figure you out it's strange to feel all right to be happy without having to fight it's strange to feel all right cause I'm bracing for the other side less likely to break when you're bent into a circle I'll never stray from my built in warning signals hide from the good, you won't get the bad keep reminding myself numb til it fades, repress til you cave and it falls of the shelf it's strange to feel all right to be happy without having to fight it's strange to feel all right cause I'm bracing for the other side I can't be this high without looking to the ground if I steady my rise it might not hurt when I fall down it's strange to feel all right to be happy without having to fight it's strange to feel all right cause I'm bracing for the other side