Aftermath - Caravan Palace

Afraid of my light now Got no time for the dark in me Afraid of my light now Afraid of my deep hollow And no time for the light in me Afraid of my deep hollow Afraid of my dark I'm calm but I talk like a waterfall Taking more and more until I burst And then I can't live with the aftermath I'm cursed I'm calm but I talk like a waterfall Taking more and more until I burst And then I can't live with the aftermath I'm cursed Now you don't see me Put the bottle to my chest You won't see me I will miss these streets how they made me feel Strong and weak Now I breathe Now I breathe I'm calm but I talk like a waterfall Taking more and more until I burst And then I can't live with the aftermath I'm cursed I'm calm but I talk like a waterfall Taking more and more until I burst And then I can't live with the aftermath I'm cursed I'm calm but I talk like a waterfall Taking more and more until I burst And then I can't live with the aftermath I'm cursed I'm calm but I talk like a waterfall Taking more and more until I burst And then I can't live with the aftermath I'm cursed

I can't bring myself to throw out your chapstick It still rolls around the glove box where you left it As stupid as it sounds, I still got it now 'Cause parts of me knows parts of you will always regret it If you don't leave me in your past I'll always see you as my future I can't love just half of you Just do what you gotta do Let me crash, let me burn It's a better kinda hurt When it's all been said and done Maybe then I'll give you up Now I'm begging you for mercy And I'm praying you'll desert me So promise me you're never coming back I would spend a hundred nights alone if I had to Maybe then I'd start to picture me without you 'Cause I can't escape the pain It's like I'm bleeding either way It's that first time that you left I'm going back to Oh, if you don't leave me in your past I'll always see you as my future I can't love just half of you Just do what you gotta do Let me crash, let me burn It's a better kinda hurt When it's all been said and done Maybe then I'll give you up Now I'm begging you for mercy And I'm praying you'll desert me So promise me you're never coming back Leave me in the aftermath, oh Leave me in the aftermath, oh You know I still love you We both know exactly what you're doing Give me just enough to keep me Coming back so there's no moving on, oh There's no moving on, oh Let me crash, let me burn It's a better kinda hurt When it's all been said and done Maybe then I'll give you up Now I'm begging you for mercy And I'm praying you'll desert me So promise me you're never coming back Leave me in the aftermath, oh Leave me in the aftermath, oh, oh Leave me in the aftermath, oh

She got caught living a lie (yeah) Lost her friends, and now she lonely, broken down, and falling Gone by like summertime Girls from Jersey, yeah they crazy for me You act like it's all a game It's driving me out my brain The way you crinkle your nose, but no those faces you make Talk about time that I took, all of this time that I made for you Getting your heart ripped out, it's never the worst but But the aftermath, and I can't help think 'bout what I deserve, no All of our lives serve a function All that I need is to love you, but you love parties and you don't want me All what I'd do for somebody yeah, somebody to love, oh I got caught catching a lie Saw the texts on her phone when she wasn't home and Who was that other guy? Up all night until the morning (up until the morning) And on my third night alone I'm still up checking my phone I hope that I didn't fall too far But girl, I still pray to god every once and a while Because I wanna be sure you're fine (fine) Getting your heart ripped out, it's never the worst but But the aftermath, and I can't help think 'bout what I deserve, no All of our lives serve a function All that I need is to love you, but you love parties and you don't want me All what I'd do for somebody yeah, somebody to love, oh When we first met, she loved to dance She moved around the room, baby come take my hand But it was on and off Baby, don't do no wrong I got a lot of guilt and I can't let it out 'cause I've been Lookin' on top of my hands, counting a couple of bands Homie said that was the plan, now we been down on the coast I wasn't ready for bad times, I just thought we'd be better off for the road, oh Getting your heart ripped out, it's never the worst but But the aftermath, and I can't help think 'bout what I deserve, no All of our lives serve a function All that I need is to love you, but you love parties and you don't want me All what I'd do for somebody yeah, somebody to love, oh