This cracked bottom lip

Bloody and bitten

Sings through the beat

Of a hymn half-forbidden

A mutiny of one

In a ship going down

Fighting that feeling

We're all gonna drown

While her glistening lips

All pouty and painted

Sent through the dark

To that sinner she sainted

A flash from her phone

Through the blue midnight glow

Condemning the singer—

But that’s how it goes

So I'll dress all in black now

Since the night’s coming down

Keep a stiff upper lip

When there’s no one around

Yeah I laugh when I can

Play the role of a man

While the beast in the mirror

Tries not bеing found

Until all the stars

Come crumbling down

Until she givеs in

And comes back around

Until I wise up

And get up off the ground

Now the long drive home

Keeps dragging forever

While old conversations

Pull taut like a tether

The radio hisses

The dashboard glows blue

And every stop sign

Still reminds me of you

This cracked bottom lip

Still bearing the burden

Of missing the warmth

That fantasy sold

Killing each kiss

And closing the curtain

On a heart barely beating

And the blood running cold

And maybe I mistook

Being seen for salvation

Mistook your attention

For some grand revelation

But those silver-eyed pictures

Still pick at the wound

Inflicted by longing

'neath that indifferent moon

So I'll dress all in black now

Since the night’s coming down

Keep a stiff upper lip

When there’s no one around

Yeah I fake that grin

Through the smoke and the sin

While that beast in the mirror

Knows just where we've been

Until all the stars

Come crumbling down

Until she gives in

And unfastens her gown

Until I grow old

Or stop playing the clown