The Idea Of You lyrics

In the end nothing remains But the echo of our names We came from nothingness We'll disappear in flames When despair is all you've known The cage you're in feels like home Every touch a promise already broken Every word we spoke was better left unspoken But every story has to end I couldn't go on, I could no longer pretend I kept replaying every word you said I built a whole life for us in my head Every almost and every should have been Became the walls of the life I live in When despair is all you've known The cage you're in feels like home Every touch a promise already broken Every word we spoke was better left unspoken But every story has to end I couldn't go on, I could no longer pretend I mistook your hunger as a need for me I mistook your silence for a sanctuary Every lie felt better than the truth could feel And love was a wound I refused to heal I wore your absence like a second skin I knew the cost but I kept letting you in Every touch a promise already broken Every word we spoke was better left unspoken But every story has to end I couldn't go on, I could no longer pretend Every prayer answered with silence and rain I loved the idea of you but found only pain