You fake a smile and bat your eyes
Pretend it's easy breaking ties
But no matter what you say

You can't hide what you're feeling

Time after time you still do it

And everyone else can see through it
It's the crutch that you hold to
It's the thing that you won't do


Through the smoke and fake lights you search for another
Wasting all your time on these one night lovers

Still can't figure how you hurt yourself again, again
Yeah, I could show you love
I can give you my time

You can wander in the dark
Or we could make things right
But you keep turning away and wonder why you never win, again


You tell yourself it's worth your while
And spend your days in such denial

'Cause the love that you're giving
Ain't the same that you're getting
Every time you say that it won't end the same way

But the trick that you fall for
Is the same that you find


Through the smoke and fake lights you search for another
Wasting all your time on these one night lovers
Still can't figure how you hurt yourself again, again

Yeah, I could show you love
I can give you my time
You can wander in the dark

Or we could make things right
But you keep turning away and wonder why you never win, again


Through the smoke and fake lights you search for another
Wasting all your time on these one night lovers
Still can't figure how you hurt yourself again, again

Yeah, I could show you love
I can give you my time
You can wander in the dark

Or we could make things right
But you keep turning away and wonder why you never win, again