[Verse 1]
Retracing the steps to the night that we broke
Tasting the salt in the ghost of the smoke
You said I was selfish, I said you were cold
Now we’re both stories that shouldn’t be told
Staring at the ceiling, counting every flaw
Wishing I could fix the things that you saw
[Chorus]
I’m the queen of the should’ve and the king of the lost
Counting the pieces and paying the cost
It’s a beautiful tragedy, a graceful fall
I’m missing the mess and I’m missing it all
Yeah, I’m making a list of the ways I was wrong
Writing our mistakes into every damn song
[Verse 2]
Passed by your house and the porch light was off
The silence is loud and the carpet is soft
In the room where we promised we’d never let go
Now I’m just a name that you don’t wanna know
Did you tell all your friends that I was the one
Who burned down the forest for a little bit of sun?
But you were the one
[Chorus]
Yeah, I’m sick of the should’ve and I’m sick of the loss
Go ahead and keep the pieces, I paid the damn cost
It’s a pathetic tragedy, a clumsy fall
I’m hating the mess and I’m hating it all
Yeah, I’m burning the list of the ways I was wrong
You’re just a mistake in a three-minute song
[Bridge]
Maybe the mistake wasn’t letting you leave
Maybe the mistake was the way I believed
That we could be perfect, that we could be gold
When we were just silver and starting to mold
I’m screaming your name into empty air
Do you even notice? Do you even care?
[Outro]
You were my favorite mistake