biography

You said we were history, I guess you meant it literally

Now I'm ancient news, footnote in your biography

I'm present at your party but I'm not your present tense

I'm the ghost of Christmas past, sitting on your picket fence

You moved on in the future that I thought was ours to spend

Now I'm past my prime time, just a means to an end

I'm over you, I'm under you, I'm everything between

The only ex in your life that still fits the scene

(Pre-Chorus)

I was doing just fine, doing just fine

Til I saw you doing better than mine

(Chorus)

I'M COMING OUT OF CONTEXT AND INTO THE FIRE

YOU'RE THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE I CAN'T REWRITE

WE'RE GOING DOWN IN FLAMES LIKE A SYNONYM FOR DESIRE

I'M THE FOOTNOTE THAT YOU BURNED AND I STILL BURN BRIGHT

I'M COMING OUT OF CONTEXT, I'M COMING OUT

LOST IN TRANSLATION NOW

(Verse 2)

He's got the right stuff, I'm just left behind

Second guessing everything, running out of time

I'm falling for you still, but I'm failing at the fall

You caught him in your web, I'm just caught in the squall

You punctuated us with a period, so final, so complete

Now I'm comma-ing apart every time we meet

I'm literally figurative, I'm actively passive

You're the main event and I'm the bracketed

(Pre-Chorus)

I was doing just fine, doing just fine

Til I saw you crossing all my lines

(Chorus)

I'M COMING OUT OF CONTEXT AND INTO THE FIRE

YOU'RE THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE I CAN'T REWRITE

WE'RE GOING DOWN IN FLAMES LIKE A SYNONYM FOR DESIRE

I'M THE FOOTNOTE THAT YOU BURNED AND I STILL BURN BRIGHT

I'M COMING OUT OF CONTEXT, I'M COMING OUT

LOST IN TRANSLATION NOW

(Bridge - half-tempo, building)

And I could edit this out

But I'd still be the rough draft

You can't spell "us" without "u"

But you spelled "me" out of existence

(Final Chorus - explosive)

I'M COMING OUT OF MY HEAD AND INTO THE DEEP

DROWNING IN THE MEANING THAT YOU FAILED TO KEEP

WE'RE GOING DOWN LIKE DEFINITIONS UNSAID

I'M THE WORD YOU LOOKED UP BUT YOU NEVER READ

I'M COMING OUT OF CONTEXT, I'M COMING OUT

LOST IN TRANSLATION

(Outro - spoken over music)

Past tense... present tense...

No future...

No future...