What doesn't kill us just takes longer

Just trying to beat the over under

And so it seems even the closest end up gone

Somehow we all wind up alone

This wasn't always such a tragedy

We burned like hickory and kerosene

It started getting cold and we couldn't even tell

Now we just occupy ourselves

This was supposed to be a sure thing

We'd let it go and cut the kite string

Fingers crossed while you held my hand

We took off, we just couldn't land

Staring up at the constellations

Trying to break out of my head again

You said those stars died out before they could be seen

That makes perfect sense to me

This was supposed to be a sure thing

We'd let it go and cut the kite string

Fingers crossed while you held my hand

We took off, we just couldn't land

This was supposed to be a sure thing

We'd let it go and cut the kite string

Fingers crossed while you held my hand

We took off, we just couldn't land

This was supposed to be a sure thing

We'd let it go and cut the kite string

Fingers crossed while you held my hand

We took off, we just couldn't land