It was Bad Enough the First Time

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

I stepped onto the pavement out of habit

one toe caught a crack I should have seen

My whole life flashed in a bad projector reel

Every frame I flinched at

every frame I lived again

Pre-Chorus

And it wasn't golden

It wasn't kind

It was cold

It was mine

Chorus

It was bad enough the first time

Bad enough to feel it twice

I fell down in the daylight

And the daylight didn't mind

It was bad enough the first time

Post-Chorus

Down down down

Oh-oh

Down down down

Oh-oh

Verse 2

My knees hit stone before my pride did

Somewhere a dog barked at nothing at all

I saw the kitchen table where we never spoke

I saw the door I closed

I saw the years I didn't call

Pre-Chorus

And it wasn't tender

It wasn't bright

It was long

It was mine

Chorus

It was bad enough the first time

Bad enough to feel it twice

I fell down in the daylight

And the daylight didn't mind

It was bad enough the first time

Post-Chorus

Down down down

Oh-oh

Down down down

Oh-oh

Bridge

Let me up

Let me up off this ground

Let me up

Let me up

I don't want the rerun

I don't want the sound

Chorus

It was bad enough the first time

Bad enough to feel it twice

I fell down in the daylight

And the daylight didn't mind

It was bad enough the first time

Post-Chorus

Down down down

Oh-oh

Down down down

Oh-oh