Better This Time

Esme Emerson

Compositor: Esme Emerson

We try, we dream
Close my eyes
Hear me breathe
Through wounded lungs
We shout and scream, just to it all over again
Warm breath hits the cold
Your eyes on the road
Wonder if you know
I’m listening, when you spoke

You said “Maybe we could make it if we try
Count the moments as they pass me by”
I’m not sure what you had in your mind
But I’m hoping that you understand
That I know better this time

Better this time

A thorn that weeps
It’s not real, make belief
And makes me feel, too at ease
We’re only human
Warm breath hits the cold
Your eyes on the road
Wonder if you know
I was listening, when you spoke

You said: Maybe we could make it if we try (over the edge, over the line)
Count the moments as they pass me by (falling apart, falling behind)
I’m not sure what you had in your mind (covered in gold, covered in lies)
But I’m hoping that you understand
That I know…

This time I’ll be gone
Gone before you notice
‘cause I just can’t
I can’t fall back down
I don’t need your hand
I’m just covered in, covered in
Not this time
I don’t fall back twice
I'm just covered in, covered by you

Maybe we could make it if we try
Count the moments as they pass me by
I’m not sure what you had on your mind
But I hope I’ll know better this time

Better this time

Better this time
I can’t hold myself up
You keep pulling me down
I can’t hold myself up
You keep pulling me down
I can’t hold myself up
You keep pulling me down
I can’t hold myself up
You keep pulling me down