What We Fall For When We're Already Down Lyrics - The Good Life

I'll try to describe the way that it felt 

To tell my own mother her son is a failure 

His heart is too cold to love anyone but himself 

It's like stabbing an icicle straight through your chest 

Your whole body shivers as it coarses your blood 

And your quivering throat keeps choking on those words 

Mama I tried a thousand times, I'm frozen to the core 

Your son is a glorious mess 

Who wrecks anything he adores but deep in his center he swears 

There's a candle just waiting to burn and melt 

So who's gonna burn him yeah who's gonna break him 

Into a thousand pieces melting over flames of perfection 

I once felt its warmth but it left me shivering in the dark