all hail the heartbreaker

i had the notion that you'd make me change my ways,
my bad habits would be gone in a matter of days.
i had the feeling that you'd open up my eyes
to a whole new world that had since been in disguise.

but that day will most likely never come for me, *1*
and it's just my luck to end up getting stuck
to everything you are.

so tonight i'll sit and pick apart your pictures
and overanalyze your words.
but the truth is that i've never fallen so hard.
it's taking everything in me
just to forget your sweater so far. *2*

i had the notion that you'd make me forget the world.
but your undecisive mind shows me that
you are "just another girl". *3*
i had the feeling that those looks you gave me were real.
what if i ripped your heart apart at the seams? *4*
maybe then you'd know how i feel.

but that day will most likely never come for me,
and it's just my luck to end up getting stuck
to everything you are.

so tonight i'll sit and pick apart your pictures
and overanalyze your words.
but the truth is that i've never fallen so hard.
it's taking everything in me
just to forget your sweater so far.

i can honestly say
that i never, ever, ever felt this way. (!)
your lips, your eyelashes, your skin:
these are the parts of your body
that cause my comatose to begin.

i will sleep another day.
i don't really need to anyway.
what's the point when my dreams are infected
with words you used to say?
i will breathe in a moment
as long as i keep my distance.
i wouldn't want to go messing anything up.

so don't go worrying about me.
it's not like I think about you constantly... *5*
so maybe i do, but that shouldn't affect
your life anymore.
i knew it the moment you walked into the door.

i'll let you get the best of me
because there's nothing else that i do well.
i'll let you get the best of me
because there's nothing else that i do well.
i'll be the giver and you'll be the taker. *6*
i guess that's how this one's gonna go: i'll be the giver and you'll be the taker.
you've got me down on my knees and i proclaim,
"All hail the heartbreaker." *7*

*1* who knows?
*2* i hope i'll never have to do so.
*3* i never thought that once.
*4* i promise never to do so.
*5* - places finger to lips.
*6* that's fine by me. - brushes dust from eye
*7* yeah you do, you do it well.