One Hundred Iron Promises

We stretched our dreams like wires across the city air

Catching every light that flickered, hoping somebody cared

You forged your words from iron, they weighed heavy in my chest

And I counted quietly to one hundred, trying to do my best

Tangled up in every old regret

Looking for answers we never met

We said we'd catch each other before we fall

Built iron walls, just to watch them crumble tall

Gave it one hundred tries and maybe more

But part of my heart was always halfway out the door

You laughed about the roads we never walked

And filled up silences with all that we forgot

Scratching promises into notebook lines

Counting every second just to measure borrowed time

Tangled up in every old regret

Looking for answers we never met

We said we'd catch each other before we fall

Built iron walls, just to watch them crumble tall

Gave it one hundred tries and maybe more

But part of my heart was always halfway out the door

And now the echo’s breaking where our voices used to be

Iron words are rusted and the miles will not agree

I keep counting down from one hundred to none

Trying to remember all the reasons we begun

We said we'd catch each other before we fall

Built iron walls, just to watch them crumble tall

Gave it one hundred tries and maybe more

But part of my heart was always halfway out the doorSo here’s to the hundred ways we couldn’t last

Catch my breath, iron out the past