[Verse 1] I watched you through the wall Saw you touch my empty cup You didn't know I stayed at all On the rooftop, looking down [Pre-chorus] You scrubbed your skin where I left marks You talked to her photograph I don't know how to break these walls So I just made you laugh [Chorus] I brought you roses. You threw them out. Then you ran to take them back. We're two monsters learning how To fill what the other lacks. You said "missed you" on the phone. I said nothing. Stayed alone. [Verse 2] I chose each gift with my eyes closed Imagined your hands on the box The whiskey, the shirt, the cigarettes — those Brought it through the door that you never lock [Pre-chorus] You slept in the chair. I stayed on the roof. Three minutes. Forty-two seconds. One word from you — and that's the truth I'll keep forever. No second-guessing. [Chorus] I brought you roses. You threw them out. Then you ran to take them back. We're two monsters learning how To fill what the other lacks. You said "missed you" on the phone. I said nothing. Stayed alone. [Bridge — soft, almost breaking] She had your heart. I know. I know. She had your ring. Your last name. But I have your "I missed you so" In the middle of your hate and shame. I'll take it. I'll take anything. Even the bullets. Even the pain. [Outro — soaring, then fading] Tonight I'm not flying to the tower. Tonight I'm flying through the rain. Just knowing you're alive this hour Is enough to break the chain.
