[Intro] [Atmospheric electric guitar, distant reverb, subdued drums slowly building] We always said we’d know when it was over… Funny how we’re still here. [Verse 1] [Male vocal, intimate and restrained] Your jacket’s hanging by the bedroom door Like you never really left this place before There’s a crack in the glass beside your bed And a thousand things we should’ve left unsaid We know the ending, we’ve rehearsed it twice We trade apologies like loaded dice You say you’re leaving, I don’t ask you to stay But we both know you’ll be back someday [Pre-Chorus] [Building drums, rising vocal intensity] And I hate the way you know me Every weakness, every scar We keep picking at the pieces Like we don’t know what they are [Chorus] [Explosive full-band indie rock, powerful melodic male vocal] We’re addicted to our aftermath To the broken glass and photographs Keep on burning down what we can’t get back We’re addicted, addicted to our aftermath We don’t know how to leave it alone Keep making wreckage out of what we know It’s a beautiful disaster, a beautiful crash We’re addicted to our aftermath [Post-Chorus] [Driving guitars, layered vocal harmonies] Oh-oh, we keep coming back Oh-oh, addicted to our aftermath [Verse 2] [More confident vocal, rhythmic bass and steady drums] Your number’s still the first one that I call Even when I know it’s bound to end in war We can turn a little silence into screams Then pretend that we’re the ones who lost our dreams There’s a strange kind of comfort in the pain Knowing nothing’s ever really gonna change We’re not looking for a reason to forgive We’re just looking for another night to live [Pre-Chorus] [Building tension, stronger vocal delivery] And I hate the way you know me Like a language no one speaks We keep searching through the ashes For the fire underneath [Chorus] [Full explosive guitars and drums, anthemic vocal] We’re addicted to our aftermath To the broken glass and photographs Keep on burning down what we can’t get back We’re addicted, addicted to our aftermath We don’t know how to leave it alone Keep making wreckage out of what we know It’s a beautiful disaster, a beautiful crash We’re addicted to our aftermath [Bridge] [Instrumental drops away, haunting electric guitar and vulnerable vocal] Maybe we don’t miss the people we were Maybe we just miss the damage we caused Maybe we’re afraid of finding out Who we are without each other around And if tomorrow never comes Would we still be chasing what we’ve done? I don’t know if this is love or just a habit But whatever it is… I can’t seem to kick it. [Instrumental Build] [Drums gradually return, guitars swell, rising vocal ad-libs] [Final Chorus] [Maximum intensity, huge distorted guitars, crashing drums, layered harmonies] We’re addicted to our aftermath To the broken glass and photographs Keep on burning down what we can’t get back We’re addicted, addicted to our aftermath We don’t know how to leave it alone Keep making wreckage out of what we know It’s a beautiful disaster, a beautiful crash We’re addicted to our aftermath [Outro] [Band gradually strips back, final intimate vocal] We’re addicted… To the things we couldn’t save. Still addicted… To our aftermath. [End] [Final reverberating guitar chord]
