Partners in Irony - Control (feat. Meg Hollobaugh) lyrics

[Verse 1: JCM] Gla** on your eyes, staring through me like I'm not here Television circulating static like it's off-air Spread your papers all over the bed like it's not shared The way that you manipulate the game, babe it's not fair Feel like I'm along for the ride But in a different car on the opposite side Of the park where we first laid eyes Didn't know you then, and ain't sh** change now Something like a stranger in my own damn house Tell me what had happened to that first date smile? Same one that told me you were down to help it all work out And make sure that we don't both drown Now we floating down the creek without a paddle Rough waves by the day got me feeling rattled And I know this ain't how it should go Tell me, there's gotta be a way to speak without a battle Does peace bore you? How do you not see the things I leave for you? Girl I breathe for you Is it too much to ask for reciprocation In a world full of givers who would rather take 'Cause I've done almost everything I can for you, though Your end of the bargain isn't fastened to hold How do I open you up? It shouldn't be tough for me to come in and fill the gap in your soul All I wanna do is break the padlocks So that we can be together and stop Arguing and maybe start again Take our ship so we can get it off the damn, rocks [Hook: Meg Hollobaugh] This is not what it appears to be If I look like I'm crying then you're missing Everything I say when you're not here Falling alone is just lonely my dear I won't say anything I won't say anything Because if I do, I'll say something that I'll regret I love-- [Verse 2: Oliver] You know I'm not sure where this puts us We're somewhere between lost and found Like maybe we found each other But we lose ourselves 'till we hit the ground And I fall hard, you see these scars And you touch, and I swear that I wanna break, but I know This isn't time or place, but you say "who needs time?" Then you begin to trace A picture that contains you and me And I want so badly to just believe That's what happens when you want it so bad Wanna go back to where we're kids like make-believe But darling, everything that we are Is everything that will tear us down And you say that you understand But the fourth line came and went, then came back around And the ground swells, and your hand's there But when my fingers reach, yours dissipate Because my own fears are on display here It's unfair for me to make you wait I see the way, that they look at you You're perfect baby, and I know that you Will tell me you're anything but But I know that the words I speak just ain't enough To capture everything you are to me But the fear's still there, and it's real to me Because the things we say have weight to me And when I feel you close, I can barely breath And when we're alone, you shed your disguise and My fears only lift as they multiply and I want you to know that there's no denying That every angel, is terrifying [Hook: Meg Hollobaugh (Travis Mollohan)] This is not what it appears to be (appears to be) If I look like I'm crying then you're missing (you're missing, yeah) Everything I say when you're not here (you're not here) Falling alone is just lonely my dear (lonely my dear) I won't say anything (I won't say anything) I won't say anything (I won't say anything) Because if I do, I'll say something that I'll regret (I'll say something that I'll regret) I love-- [Bridge: Meg Hollobaugh] And when the day comes, you will leave me But you don't have to (you don't have to) But you don't have to (you don't have to) But you don't have to (you don't have to) [Outro: Oliver and Meg Hollobaugh (JCM)] I just don't know (I just don't know) What do you want from me? I gave you my all (I gave you my all) You know I don't fall easy What's left to say (What's left to say) Since your ears don't hear me I have to go (I have to go) Why can't you fall with me?