Break the news - you´re walking out
To be a good man for someone else
Sorry I was never good like you
Stood on my chest and kept me down
Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd

Did my best to exist just for you

Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Now she´s gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark

I am my mother´s child, I´ll love you ´til my breathing stops
I´ll love you ´til you call the cops on me
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
I´ll find a way to be without you, babe

I still feel you, now and then
Slow like pseudo-ephedrine
When you see me, will you say I´ve changed?
I ride the subway, read the signs
I let the seasons change my mind
I love it here since I´ve stopped needing you

Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Now she´s gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark

I am my mother´s child, I´ll love you ´til my breathing stops

I´ll love you ´til you call the cops on me
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
I´ll find a way to be without you, babe

I am my mother´s child, I´ll love you ´til my breathing stops
I´ll love you ´til you call the cops on me
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
I´ll find a way to be without you, babe