So last year, my birthday
You said that you'd be there
You promised with pinkies and hearts that were crossed
With the honour of boy scouts, You swore on your presence
You swore on your presents
I typed out the message but I couldn't hit send
My heart wasn't in it
Well, my heart it was in it but my brain told me "no"
It screamed, it hollered, it personified itself
But if I told you that, you'd say "Just get back to work"
I am stalking you at night
I want to know how to improve myself
I want to make this work
I want to make this last
So it looks like I'll need some help
So this year, my birthday
'Cause you knew it's my birthday
'cause you called her on up
and you said "i need your help"
Yeah
"I need to know this
I need to show that your real friends are different, they care what you think"
So at midnight on snapchat I spilled all my secrets
Against a black backdrop, I spilled all my secrets
And now I regret it, 'cause this year is coming
It's coming up the stairs, and the walls are on fire
Yeah the walls are on fire, the walls are on fire, the walls are on fire
so there's just that one way out
I am stalking you at night
I want to know how to improve myself
I want to make this work
I want to make this last
So it looks like I'll need some help
It's not the feelings that get to me
It's the lack of meaning in your promises
I will follow you at night
I want to know how to be better at this
'Cause I am a flare fired off from the top of the mountain -
We are together in this.
And you hate that - Or I think that you hate that
'Cause you were a flare that burned out slowly
Please God, teach me how to last
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