The Irony Of A You Turn Lyrics - Singles - Morning In May

I'm building up barricades that I'll die behind 

I'm not giving up anything if it means we'll survive 

I'll put down this guitar and I'll bust out the fiddle 

I'm as dead as the winter, so I'll leave you with this riddle 

What's black and blue and red all over? 

The pens I used and the blood-spilled closure 

How many licks does it take 'til you get 

To the candy-coated center of life's regret? 

I'm building buildings on buildings as if to measure up 

I'm coming closer to closing and then I'm closing up 

I'm hanging by your lever 

(Chorus) 

Pull it together, kid I can't make this better 

She said go find a new one or liquid solution 

Here's a pillow to scream in when you wake up that feeling 

Go live your life, you can't smile without sacrifice 

The shirt I wore when I tore at the seams 

Is hanging in my room as a casualty 

And I still hold your hand in the passenger seat 

When nobody's there and they'll never be 

I was scared to admit that I was afraid 

If my love's such a chore I'm on my hands and knees 

Buffing out these scratches you left me for 

I can get it clean, or they'll bleach me off the floor 

I'm building buildings on buildings as if to measure up 

I'm coming closer to closing and then I'm closing up 

I'm still hanging by your lever 

(Chorus) 

I look back in reverse 

Through the best and the worst 

Every kiss, every fight 

Every day, every night 

Driving home from your place 

Just to go back and fourth 

'Cause you called, please come back 

Now you're lying on the floor 

I left to move on 

But I'm still suck in traffic 

I'll make this u-turn 

Or else I'll get my ass kicked