Terminal Velocity

Terminal… velocity… I can’t… breathe…

Heartbreak at terminal velocity, crashin’ into me violently (violently)

Can’t hit the brakes on the agony, it’s chasin’ me relentlessly (relentlessly)

You left skid marks on my soul when you walked out that door (that door)

Now I’m speedin’ through the void but I can’t outrun what came before (came before)

Tried to drown it in the lights and the crowd’s roar (crowd’s roar)

But the silence when I get home hits harder than before (than before)

I’m a wreck at terminal velocity, losin’ all control (all control)

Heart shattered in the fast lane, bleedin’ on the road (on the road)

Woke up reachin’ for the ghost of your body in the sheets, now it’s just cold empty space where your heartbeat used to beat next to me in sync but now it’s out of sync with everything I touch

I deleted your number but I still type it in my phone when I’m drunk and alone at 3 AM wonderin’ if you’re thinkin’ of me or if you found somebody who actually picks up when you call

You said I was married to the music and the road and the dream and you were right, I chose the spotlight over our late-night talks and the way you used to look at me like I was worth savin’

Now everything is nothing without you in it, the platinum plaques on the wall feel like plastic compared to the way your smile used to light up the room when I finally came home

I was too busy chasin’ numbers and figures and streams while you were cryin’ yourself to sleep wonderin’ if I even still loved you or if the fame had turned me into somebody you didn’t recognize anymore

And I hate that you were right, I was changin’, I was fadin’ from the man you fell in love with into this machine that only knows how to accelerate and never how to appreciate what was right in front of me the whole time

I would trade every platinum record… every sold-out show… every dollar…

Just to go back to that night on the couch when you said you loved me and I actually believed I deserved it…

But time don’t work like that and neither does heartbreak…

It only goes one way… and it’s too damn fast…

Heartbreak at terminal velocity… (too fast)

Crashin’ into me violently… (can’t breathe)

You left skid marks on my soul… (on my soul)

Now I’m speedin’ through the void… (through the void)

I’m a wreck at terminal velocity… (losin’ control)

Heart shattered in the fast lane… (bleedin’ on the road)

Terminal velocity… (terminal…)

I can’t… I can’t keep up…

Still speedin’… still bleedin’… still losin’ you…