April Fools

Verse 1

The kettle’s whistling a tune of pure despair

While I’m still combing shadows from my hair

You left a note taped to the bathroom mirror

Small talk that made the ending much more clearer

I believed every word, every sigh, every breath

Now I’m just a witness to a slow and lonely death.

​[Chorus]

But it’s only April Fools, isn’t it?

The sharpest blade that ever managed to fit

Between my ribs and where I used to feel

Something that I thought was actually real

You’re the punchline that I never saw coming

While I’m the one who’s tired of all the running.

​[Verse 2]

I bought you flowers, the brightest I could find

Thinking for a moment you might change your mind

But you just started laughing in that cruel

And said I was pathetic for standing there alone

The television hums in a cold, electric blue

Tracing out the shape of what I thought I knew of you.

​[Bridge]

London’s looking bleak from this crack in the pane

And I’m just another casualty of your little game

Was it worth the silence? Was it worth the sting?

To watch me lose my footing on this broken piece of string?

​[Chorus]

But it’s only April Fools, isn’t it?

The sharpest blade that ever managed to fit

Between my ribs and where I used to feel

Something that I thought was actually real

You’re the punchline that I never saw coming

While I’m the one who’s tired of all the running.

​[Outro]

Keep the change.

Keep the lies.

I’m just a fool in a thin disguise.

(April Fools)

What a waste of a heart.

(April Fools)

Watch it fall apart.

(April Fools...)

(April Fools...)