Velvet darkness erases the city skyline Shatter every windowpane And the universe begins to unravel, thread by burning thread Trying to pretend that my heart beats for you But it doesn't, no one's ever truly loved And I'd try, but nobody's ever been worthy Can't you feel it's all slipping through my fingers? And our smiles are all too often forced And our words are all too often forged And it dies as soon as it begins But I still, I still refuse this I still refuse this at all And I still, and I still refuse this I still refuse this at all. Your tears are like the tattoo of a flame Shriveled from an empty bottle of your name And the night blurs, colors swirling in the funhouse of our games Trying to pretend that my love for you is real But it's not, no one's ever felt And I'd take, but nobody's ever given Can't you see it's all falling apart at the seams? And our laughter is all too often faked And our tears are all too often painted on And it's lost as soon as we begin But I do, I still hold on to this I still hold on to this at all And I do, and I still hold on to this I still hold on to this at all.