[Verse 1]
Burned your name
On a blank CD
Sharpie heart
Bleeding through the sleeve
Staring out
Of my parents’ car
Eyeliner
Running in the dark
[Pre-Chorus]
Every hallway
Felt like war
I was fifteen
You were pure
[Chorus]
This one’s for the basements
Shaking drywall thin
For the X’s on our hands
And the stamped black wrists
For the kiss in the driveway
Taste of summer and salt
If growing up was failure
I’ll take the fault
[Verse 2]
Chain wallets
Clacking down the stairs
MySpace pics
With the perfect hair
Screen names
Carved into my arm
Typed goodnight
With a loading heart
[Pre-Chorus]
Every chorus
Was a scream
Every show
Another dream
[Chorus]
This one’s for the basements
Shaking drywall thin
For the X’s on our hands
And the stamped black wrists
For the kiss in the driveway
Taste of summer and salt
If growing up was failure
I’ll take the fault
[Bridge]
We swore forever
In a food court booth (oh)
Black nails tapping
On an empty truth
But those sad songs
Saved our souls
Turned our small town
Into something gold
[Chorus]
This one’s for the basements
Shaking drywall thin
For the X’s on our hands
And the stamped black wrists
For the friends in the photos that I don’t still call
If growing up was leaving
I’ll take the fall
[Chorus]
This one’s for the basements
Shaking drywall thin
For the chords that we played ‘til our fingers split
For the years that we wasted
They meant more than we thought
If growing up means silence
I’ll take the fault (I’ll take the fault)