An open-heart policy We made an honest fantasy Our oldest secrets thrown away into the stream We're different now than when we met We break, we fight, we get upset I know the signs, but I can't stand to lose you yet Thread the stitch, don't rip this wide open Patch it quick before we find what's broken Holding onto fiction in the fire Keeping calm while we burn, while we burn Bleeding out, caving in Running low on safety pins We took the good and wore it down to the skin We let it leave without consent We bet it all on good intent And now we're left with love's lament Thread the stitch, don't rip this wide open Patch it quick before we find what's broken Holding onto fiction in the fire Keeping calm while we burn, while we burn That flicker in your eyes Can we keep this fire alive? Holding onto fiction in the fire Holding onto fiction in the fire