**Title:** I Fucked Up **Style:** Acoustic Singer-Songwriter / Indie Rock (Think: Noah Kahan, Julien Baker, early Bright Eyes) **Tempo:** Slow, building to a raw, emotional climax. **(Verse 1)** The door click echoed like a gunshot in the hall I'm staring at the ghost of us left on this wall Your perfume's still hanging in the silent, heavy air A sweet reminder that it's me who wasn't there I chased a shadow, fought a war you couldn't see I was so busy being broken, I forgot to just be **(Chorus)** And I fucked up another relationship With a girl that actually gave a shit I had a diamond clenched inside my fist And I just kept on squeezing 'til it slipped Yeah, I burned the whole house down just to feel a little warm Now I'm left here standing in the ashes of the storm **(Verse 2)** I remember how you'd worry when I'd get that distant stare How you'd try to pull me out, show me you were there But I built the walls up higher with my insecurity Painted monsters on the ceiling only I could see I'd pick a fight on some lonely Saturday night Just to prove the voice inside me right **(Chorus)** 'Cause I fucked up another relationship With a girl that actually gave a shit I had a diamond clenched inside my fist And I just kept on squeezing 'til it slipped Yeah, I burned the whole house down just to feel a little warm Now I'm left here standing in the ashes of the storm **(Bridge)** Is it the fear of being happy? Or the comfort of the pain? This self-destruction's such a predictable, familiar game I push 'em all away before they ever get too close Then write another lonely verse and make another toast To the one that got away... no, that's a lie I tell myself I didn't let you get away, I left you on the shelf **(Chorus - Raw and Powerful, voice straining)** And I FUCKED UP another relationship! With a girl that actually gave a shit! I had a diamond... God, I had it in my fist... And I just held on tighter 'til it slipped! I BURNED our whole house down just to feel a little warm! And now I'm freezing in the ashes of the storm... **(Outro)** (Soft, fading acoustic strumming) Yeah, I'm freezing... Another name to add unto the list... Another perfect moment I just had to go and miss... I fucked up... I know I fucked up... She actually gave a shit... And I... I just...
