[Intro]
       


[Verse 1]
             
     Things fa

    
ll apart
              
And time break

       
s your heart

I wasn't there but I know
             
     She was y

    
our girl
              
You showed her

     
 the world
              
You fell out o

              
f love and you

         
 both let go


[Pre-Chorus]
              
She was cryin’

            
 on my shoulde

r
              
All I could do

          
 was hold her
              
Only made us c

              
loser until Ju

  
ly
              
Now I know tha

      
t you love me
              
You don't need

              
 to remind me
                               N.C.
I should put it all behind me, shouldn't I?


[Chorus]
             
But I see her 

             
in the back of

             
 my mind all t

       
he time
             
Like a fever, 

             
like I'm burni

              
ng alive, like

     
 a sign
             
Did I cross th

  
e line?
      
(Mm) Hmm


[Pre-Chorus]
              
'Cause if you'

             
re gonna leave

              
, better leave

         
, better do it

 fast
            
Can't live ano

              
ther minute bl

       
eedin' from my

 back
             
'Cause I don't

              
 have another 

              
one for you to

 
 stab
            
And I don't wa

              
nna have anoth

   
er heart attac

k


[Chorus]
    N.C.
Oh, I can't be your lover on a leash
              
Every other we

          
ek, when you p

 
lease
          
Oh, I can't be

            
 the kiss that

            
 you don't nee

d
            
The lie betwee

        
n your teeth


[Post-Chorus]
         
The cut that a

         
lways bleeds
      
(Ah-ah-ah)


[Pre-Chorus]
              
And I know tha

           
t you love me
              
You don't need

           
 to remind me

Wanna put it all behind me, but baby


[Chorus]
             
I see her in t

             
he back of my 

             
mind all the t

   
ime
             
Feels like a f

              
ever, like I'm

             
 burning alive

           
, like a sign
            
Did I cross th

       
e line?


[Bridge]
           
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) 

            
But even thoug

          
h you're killi

ng me, yeah
           
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) 

            
I need you lik

       
e the air I br

eathe
             
I need, I need

     
 you more than

 me
            
I need you mor

       
e than anythin

g
        
Please, please

              
I know you did

              
n't mean to hu

             
rt me, so I ke

              
pt it to mysel

  
f

And I wonder
             
Do you see her

             
 in the back o

              
f your mind in

       
 my eyes


[Outro]
N.C.
'Cause I could be your lover on a leash
           
Every other we

             
ek, when you p


lease
          
Oh, I could be

            
 anything you 

 
need
            
As long as you

        
 don't leave
     
The cut that a

lways -