Backwards Through the Glass

Verse 1

Silver

Sinking fast

Through the dirt and the grass

Cold lungs

Breathing heavy

Heavy as a stone in a well

I tried

I tried to fix it

I tried to make it right but I slipped

Falling backwards

Tangled in the wires

Clock hands ticking like a hammer on bone

Chorus

Stumbling through the years

I only wanted to be kind

Stumbling through the years

Leaving everything behind

I wanted to be kind

I wanted to be kind

Verse 2

Dust

Settles on my skin

Underneath where the rot begins

Broken glass

Sharp and clean

Cutting through the days I should have seen

Watching

Waiting

Wishing for a ghost to pull the plug

Empty hands

I ruined it all

I ruined it all

By trying too hard to stay small

Chorus

Stumbling through the years

I only wanted to be kind

Stumbling through the years

Leaving everything behind

I wanted to be kind

I wanted to be kind

Bridge

The more I help

The more it breaks

The more I give

The more it takes

It takes it all

It takes it all

It takes it all

Chorus

Stumbling through the years

I only wanted to be kind

Stumbling through the years

Leaving everything behind

I wanted to be kind

I wanted to be kind

Outro

Walking through

Walking through

Walking through

The end of it all

I was good

I was good

I was good

Until I wasn't

Until I wasn't