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The Cigarette Went Out

V6

[Intro: low female choir, close and raw] Cigarette burns down between my fingers I don't see the point in talking just to miss the mark You keep waiting for something honest I think we used all of that up [Verse 1: layered female choir] Your coat is hanging by the doorway like you're leaving any minute Coffee's cold the window's open Neither one of us will fix it You ask me what I'm thinking Nothing you'd wanna hear So keep looking at the floor and I'll pretend you're not still here [Pre-Chorus: choir building] Don't ask me where it went I watched it happen I just don't know when [Chorus: full female choir] We don't have to make this beautiful We don't have to make it hurt You can leave without explaining what we both already learned There was something here between us Now there's barely enough to name So why the hell are we still sitting here waiting for it to change? [Post-Chorus: rough choir] Don't say it Don't fix it Just let it sit [instrumental bridge] [Verse 2: layered female choir] Ash falls across the table and I brush it to the floor You've started three different sentences then swallowed every word I know that look You're trying to find the version where we're fine I'd rather hear an ugly truth than waste another night [Pre-Chorus: tighter choir] Don't tell me we'll be okay You don't believe it Neither do I [Chorus: full female choir] We don't have to make this beautiful We don't have to call it love Something doesn't last forever just because it lasted long There was something here between us Maybe that was all it was So why the hell are we still holding on when neither one of us does? [Thrash Breakdown: aggressive female choir] STOP TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS THERE AREN'T ANY NOT THIS TIME NOT FOR THIS [Half-Time Breakdown: low choir] Cigarette's gone out Still between my fingers You haven't moved Neither have I Funny how a room gets quiet when nobody has to lie [Final Chorus: huge layered female choir] We don't have to make this beautiful I don't need a better end Take your coat and leave the doorway Don't say we'll still be friends There was something here between us I won't pretend there wasn't But something being real once doesn't mean it still is [instrumental bridge] [Outro: soft female choir] The cigarette went out The room got cold You finally left ... That's all