[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] I took the long way home across the overpass Stopped to watch the headlights moving underneath the black There's a certain kind of beauty when a good thing almost ends I keep reaching for the danger like it's somebody I've missed You were waiting at the station with your suitcase by your feet Said, "You only say you love me when there's nothing left to keep" I had fifty clever answers, not a decent one was true So I smiled like it was funny and made one more joke of you [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I know that look I've seen it once before The second that you realize You're heading for the door [Chorus] I LOVE THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF FALLING THE SECOND BEFORE THE GROUND When the world forgets to catch me And the noise is all I have around I call it living on the edge You call it letting people down I love the beautiful part of falling But I hate the way I land [Instrumental Post-Chorus] [Verse 2] Bought a train ticket to anywhere and never left the platform Watched the final service pull away, another chance I passed on Said I needed something different, but I wouldn't change a thing Had a pocket full of reasons and a phone that wouldn't ring You came back to get your suitcase, didn't come back for a fight Just a quiet conversation under cheap fluorescent light Said, "You treat the worst possibility like something you can choose Then pretend you're so surprised when that's exactly what you lose" I wanted you to argue, wanted proof you still believed But you said, "I can't keep begging you to want to let me leave" And the truth was worse than anger, worse than any bitter end I had practiced being abandoned till I made it happen again [Chorus] I LOVE THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF FALLING THE SECOND BEFORE THE GROUND When the world forgets to catch me And the noise is all I have around I call it living on the edge You call it letting people down I love the beautiful part of falling But I hate the way I land [Instrumental Break] [Breakdown] I DON'T NEED ANOTHER WARNING! I ALREADY KNOW THE COST! I KEEP CALLING IT ADVENTURE WHEN I'M TERRIFIED OF WHAT I'VE GOT! I CAN MAKE A PERFECT EXIT! I CAN MAKE A PERFECT MESS! BUT I NEVER LEARNED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND REGRET! [Bridge] I walked back to the station Found the bench where we had sat There was nothing there to rescue And no one coming back For once I didn't chase the ending Didn't turn away or run Just let the evening be an evening Till the last train had gone [Final Chorus] I LOVED THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF FALLING THE SECOND BEFORE THE GROUND But I'm tired of making wreckage Just to feel my feet come down I called it living on the edge Till there was no one else around I loved the beautiful part of falling NOW I'M LEARNING HOW TO STAND [Instrumental Outro] [End]
