Hell + High Water

I've seen the girl who'll pick up where I leave off

she's already smoothing her hands for the pictures

I've seen her sorting through my memories

what's sweet? what's bitter? she wants what I can't give her.

I've seen the girl who'll chew up what I bite off

she's devising a better mouth just to kiss you

any minute I'll have to surrender to her wishes

what to take and what to set free? I wonder if she'll miss me.

I've seen the girl who'll be brave when I run off

she's been picking her fights like she knows how to win them

and I've seen her sorting through my memories

what's sweet? what's bitter? she wants what I can't give her.

Every time I try to get out of her way, the day's full of kids

giving you the finger, and speeders gonna kill you on your tiny street

she wants to beat through all the hell and high water

threatening what she believes

that's when I know I should just drop everything and let her sing

she's a better version of me

I've seen the girl who'll remember what I lost

she has never forgotten a name or a punchline

she is the one that I have chosen

I'm lost but she's found

a better way to get 'round

I tell myself you're not a fool