My greatest error

Verse 1

Love arrived like a storm in the evening sun

It broke down the walls before I could even run

The neighbors whispered, "Look at that lucky pair"

She was the prize, a beauty beyond compare

I was intoxicated, lost in a fever dream

Floating away on a high-velocity stream

But the old ghosts started calling out my name

And I went back to playing that destructive game

Chorus

Now I'm staring at the wreckage of the plans we made

I'm the fool who let the golden memories fade

Yeah, I've committed the greatest error of my time

Leaving her behind was my only real crime

The greatest error of my life

Verse 2

We shared a roof for a dozen months or more

Harmony was knocking right at our front door

But the silence grew heavy, the air began to thin

I let the pettiness and the shadows crawl in

I was short with my words, I was cold to the touch

I took the devotion and I asked for too much

She deserved a kingdom, but I gave her a cage

Then I walked out the door and I turned the page

Chorus

Now I'm staring at the wreckage of the plans we made

I'm the fool who let the golden memories fade

Yeah, I've committed the greatest error of my time

Leaving her behind was my only real crime

The greatest error of my life

Bridge

(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...)

The house is a hollow shell

A self-inflicted kind of hell...

Verse 3

Now I'm sitting in the dark, eating off a tray

Cursing the phone and the light of the day

The TV is humming, the couch is my bed

Replaying the words that I should have never said

If the lightning strikes twice and the luck comes around

I won't be the one to burn it all to the ground

Chorus

Now I'm staring at the wreckage of the plans we made

I'm the fool who let the golden memories fade

Yeah, I've committed the greatest error of my time

Leaving her behind was my only real crime

The greatest error of my life

Outro

Yeah, I made a mess of it...

My biggest mistake...

Don't let the fire go out...