Over Drinks

We dress up for the city lights, glasses catching gold

She says my life looks polished, says I've got a world to hold

Good friends, late nights, plans that never seem to crack

But every word she's saying makes my mind just run it back

She says, don't trade your peace for someone who won't meet you there

Says a man who won't protect you doesn't get to shave your hair

And while she talks, I'm smiling, but inside I spit in two

Seeing all the best and worst of what this love could do

Overdream, I see the future in a different light

One shot is the beauty, one side is the fight

If I keep what's good, will I lose my shove tonight?

She says, don't ruin a good life for a love that isn't right

Over drinks, I'm imagining the hard and sweet

The lack I built around me, the warning at my feet

I'm watching both the heaven and the damage in my mind

Wondering if love is worth the life I leave behind

She says I've never seen him give me half the care I need

Never held my heart like something holy, something free

I picture the good days and I picture every bruise

A smile in the mirror and a shadow I can't lose

She keeps on saying calmly what I've been afraid to hear

That a future with no respect will only feed the fear

And I'm still in that moment

Like a table between us two

Seeing what could save me

And what could break me through

Over drinks

I see the future in a different light

One side is the beauty

One inside is the fight

If I keep what's good

Will I lose myself tonight?

She says don't ruin the good life

For a love that isn't right

Over drinks

I'm imagining the heart in the sleep

The life that builds around me

The warning at my feet

I'm watching past the heaven

And the damage in my mind

Wondering if love is worth the life I leave behind

In one breath he′s a promise

In the next he's just a doubt

In one frame I′m moving forward

In the next I'm backing out

My frame keeps telling truth

But my heart keeps making scenes

The good life and the daylight

And the one and in between

Oh the drinks

I see later in a different light

One side is the beauty

Undecide is the vibe

If I take what′s good

Will I lose myself tonight

She says don't ruin a good life

For a love that isn′t right

Oh the drinks

Unimagining the heart and the sweet

Like I built around me

The one and at my feet

I'm watching over her and the damage in my mind

Wondering if love is worth the life I leave behind

So I listen to her closely as the city fades to blue

And I see the good, the bad, the true

And all she says is true