The Drought

Lyrics from Live Performance

[Verse 1]

When we broke up

I was not in a good place

Wore a ponytail for months

'Cause of that time you said you liked it

I try to find a reason

But boy, you were a swing state

You shut your eyes and toss a coin

And call that "I've decided"

[Verse 2]

Breakfast in the hotel

Sleepless in Seattle

Honest in your sweatshirt

Lying in your bedroom

Sure, I gave you my love

But only what you could handle

The rest I kept a secret

Knowing we'd be dead soon

[Chorus]

I have lеt go

Your body hitting the ground, it echoed

Your hеart's for the vultures now

I play the Metro

I'm better and she says she said so

I do no longer want to turn around

It takes time and it takes distance

Turning love into indifference

It's brutal work, you have to sweat them out

But one day your hair is soft again

And you'll know you outlasted the drought

[Verse 3]

I couldn't talk

And then I couldn't shut up

Turning you into Goliath

When I never was a David

Falling for you, baby

I thought I'd hit a gold rush

But the closer you got to me

The more I depreciated

[Chorus]

I have let go

Your body hitting the ground, it echoed

Your heart's for the vultures now

I play the Metro

I'm better and she says she said so

I do no longer want to turn around

It takes time and it takes distance

Butterflies from someone different

With no idea where you are living now

And I say that with no interest

So I know I outlasted the drought

[Bridge]

Barefoot on the boatside

Screaming through the stadium

I am not thinking 'bout you

It's wild I ever did

Now you are just a phantom I left in California

And they might know your name there

But Sydney's never heard of it

[Chorus]

Now I've repent so

And I leave you in every falsetto

Your heart's for the vultures now

I play the Metro

I stand up on that stage and let go

I do not look for you in this whole crowd

It takes time and it takes courage

To climb your own hair out the turret

And let the memories show themselves out

Then one day your hair is soft again

And you'll know you outlasted

Yeah, one day you are in love again

And you'll know you outlasted the drought