9. Because We Had To
[Verse 1]
Well you were wrong about the way
You said my memory would change
Day after day, you claimed
Iâd find it inside of me to grow
Away from the pain
And the shame and the guilt
And the questions
Wondering what did I do wrong
To you, to decide it was time to go
[Chorus]
Because we had to
Because I tried the best that I could
To have and to hold you
In the way I knew that I should
And weâd still be breathing darling
If I did the little you asked of me
But I couldnât, so now weâre nothing at all
[Verse 2]
The way that the night came down
You were alone in your room
With somebody else
But you were too big, and bold in my eyes
And I was to cowardly to call all your lies
Well I didnât know not telling the truth
Would cost me my soul, and most of my youth
So with you I stayed in spite of myself
And I donât know why
[Chorus]
Because we had to
Because I tried the best that I could
To have and to hold you
In the way I knew that I should
And weâd still be breathing darling
If I did the little you asked of me
But I couldnât, so now weâre nothing at all
[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
Why would you roam when you knew
That Iâd always be coming back home, alone, to you?
You knew that I never, ever, ever, ever
Would have done that to you
Still you did
[Chorus]
Because we had to
Because I tried the best that I could
To have and to hold you
In the way I knew that I should
And weâd still be breathing darling
If I did the little you asked of me
But I couldnât, so now weâre nothing at all
[Verse 3]
And when we were younger
And our hearts outpaced our wits
It was better
and I preferred to live in the ignorance
In the bubble
that you built with a fake façade
In the guise of another
Well you sold lies and I bought them all