[Verse 1] Goldfish hold a memory for months, they say The bull don’t see the red, he sees the cape sway Nobody’s spotting that Wall from space And I’d told all three at a dinner once, straight to someone’s face [Verse 2] Vikings never wore the horns, that came from an opera stage Napoleon stood average height, a cartoon shrank him on the page Lightning hits the same place twenty-some times a year I believed the opposite of every one, and I believed them clear [Pre-Chorus] Every one I’ve lost felt just like knowing Solid as a floor right up until it wasn’t [Chorus] Misconceptions don’t feel wrong from the inside They feel like the ground, they feel like plain daylight I can name you every one I’ve let go It’s the ones I’m holding that I don’t know So if I sound sure, take it with some salt Somewhere in this song there’s probably a fault [Verse 3] I had you figured for the one who’d never bend Read your quiet as a door you’d shut on me for good Took a ten-hour drive and one word from you To learn you’d been scared, and I’d been scared too [Bridge] The goldfish and the helmets, I can laugh at those They never cost me more than a little pride But the one I had about you cost me years And it never felt like guessing, not one time [Chorus] Misconceptions don’t feel wrong from the inside They feel like the ground, they feel like plain daylight I can name you every one I’ve let go It’s the ones I’m holding that I don’t know So if I sound sure, take it with some salt Somewhere in this song there’s probably a fault [Outro] So here’s my one claim, and I’ll hold it light: There’s something in this song that isn’t right I just can’t tell you which line yet I just can’t tell you which line yet
