Life We Chose

Hourglass inside of my bones
 Trapped inside a picture frame above your throat
 You were someone else when I was too
 Weren't we someone else, wasn't I?
 Weren't you?
 But giving up is harder said than done
 Throwing stones, set love on fire, we thought we'd won
 I thought I was the man that you thought I was too
 But he went away
 He ran away with the girl I thought was you
 But we both know this is the life we chose
 We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
 Will wither down and run out of time
 We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
 We both know this is the life that we chose
 So teary-eyed and desperate we manifest
 Into a creature brought on by fear of a destiny we dread
 Our four walls come down but somehow the roof suspends
 It changed to a cloud, and down comes the rain as we near the end
 But we both know this is the life that we chose
 We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
 Will wither down and run out of time
 We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
 We both know this is the life that we chose
 But comin' back from a hit like that's a chore
 When we were trapped inside of a jail cell we both adore
 My hands are a mess, I swear it's like a loaded gun
 Set to explode at a flick of your soul
 I'm an awful mess and you said that you'd run
 But we both know this is the life that we chose
 We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
 Will wither down and run out of time
 We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
 We both know this is the life that we chose
 We both know this is the life that we chose
 There's a dark cloud over a love I have
 There's a rain upon my hair
 So wet on top of my head, my lord
 Let the sun come out instead
 To the east I see the sunrise
 But the west sunset still falls
 There's a dark cloud over a love I have
 And it can only last so long
 There's a land of gold where my eyes are set
 There's a land of gold I see
 Where the streams of water flow into the land
 Where the grass is always green
 To the east I see the sunrise
 But the west sunset still falls
 There's a dark cloud over a love I have
 But it can only last so long
 We both know this is the life that we chose
 We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
 Will wither down and run out of time
 We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
 We both know this is the life that we chose
 We both know this is the life that we chose
 God, I hope this is the life that I chose