I know you're wondering when I'll give up on these destructive habits I've kept
In time my friend, but for right now just leave my skeletons to me
Don't hold me so high, because up here I can barely breathe
I know I seem worse for wear, but your expectations have gotten the best of me

We had the summer at least to redeem ourselves, to mend the bridges we had burned
It was thrilling at first, and for a moment I thought that I had fallen in love again
But it could never last - try as I might my place in this world is cemented
I love the start, but I can't stay around to see just how it ends
I've spent so long trying to be a better man, the one that you envision in me
And I admit that I've been too concerned with what you'll say when I die
But forgive me for desiring the piece of mind to know my time mattered
So for right now, I must leave and try to be a part of something bigger

But I still need you here
I'll hold you in my arms, and I'll be damned if you're leaving
And I'll die with these scars, but thanks to you I know they won't go any deeper
We've let each other down before, but I think that if we try we can learn from the mistakes that we've made
Because I still need you here
I still need you here