Like a Staring Contest

I've been going through the records
 We're not getting any better
 Maybe I'm just getting bitter
 I don't really care, whatever
 I'm so tired of open warfare
 When the point of this was to be best of friends
 We've been going 'round in circles
 Like a plane without an engine
 As we spiral down the slipstream
 Of our quickly-sinking friendship
 It's a train wreck of an ending
 It's the same as if we'd never even met
 And, now I'm going through the motions
 Like a drunken ballerina who's too tired to dance
 But keeps on getting up to see if
 Anybody stuck around to see
 A show that has been over now for days
 And I know that they're gone but I keep checking anyway
 We've been standing here for hours
 On the edges of a canyon
 I've got my side, you've got yours
 And we're both about to fall in
 The pole we hold between us
 Is the only thing that's keeping us aloft
 And we're standing in the hallway
 Both resolved to finally do this
 We each have our guns drawn
 But neither of us wants to shoot first
 We could stay like this forever
 We could stay like this and never leave
 But there are standards I expect
 Our breaking up to measure up to
 When you fall in love as hard
 And recklessly as you and I do
 It seems that the final act should have
 The same intensity as the first scene
 If I don't lose a couple of teeth
 Then it just won't feel real to me
 So, we fall onto the floor
 Not really sure if this
 Is breaking bones
 Or making up
 Maybe a bit of both
 But, I won't look away first
 And you won't look away first
 "It's a simple proposition"
 Said the rabbit to the badger
 I am sure if we're committed
 We could dig our way to China
 Wouldn't it be great to see the wall
 And all those people standing on their heads?
 So, they each picked up a shovel
 Throwing dirt over their shoulders
 And with every shovel pulled
 Their little hole got a bit deeper
 'Til they had to climb down in it
 Just to reach the bottom layer
 They went on like this all night
 Scooping up and tossing out dirt
 In the morning, they realized
 They weren't getting any further
 The hole had grown so deep that
 The dirt they threw kept falling back on them
 Said the badger to the rabbit
 "I am sure if we continue
 We'll pull through this on top
 Perseverance is a virtue"
 So, they scooped it and they tossed it
 While the dirt piled up around their legs
 And in a matter of hours
 They buried themselves in it
 And we fall onto the floor
 Not really sure if this
 Is breaking bones
 Or making up
 Maybe a bit of both
 But, I won't look away first
 And you won't look away first
 I've been going through the records
 We're not getting any better
 Maybe I've just gotten bitter
 I don't really care, whatever
 I'm so tired of open warfare
 When the point of this was to be best of friends
 We've been going 'round in circles
 Like a plane without an engine
 As we spiral down the slipstream
 Of our quickly-sinking friendship
 It's a train wreck of an ending
 It's the same as if we'd never even met
 But, now I'm going through the motions
 Like a dedicated doctor
 Whose patient has been broken
 With no chance that he'll recover
 I keep shocking at the body
 Just trying to make the heartbeat stay
 And, I know that it's gone
 But I keep trying anyway
 Yeah, we fall onto the floor
 Not really sure if this
 Is breaking bones
 Or making up
 Maybe a bit of both
 But, I won't look away first
 And you won't look away first
 No, I won't look away first
 And you won't look away first