What doesn't kill us just takes longer Just trying to beat the over under And so it seems even the closest end up gone Somehow we all wind up alone This wasn't always such a tragedy We burned like hickory and kerosene It started getting cold and we couldn't even tell Now we just occupy ourselves This was supposed to be a sure thing We'd let it go and cut the kite string Fingers crossed while you held my hand We took off, we just couldn't land Staring up at the constellations Trying to break out of my head again You said those stars died out before they could be seen That makes perfect sense to me This was supposed to be a sure thing We'd let it go and cut the kite string Fingers crossed while you held my hand We took off, we just couldn't land This was supposed to be a sure thing We'd let it go and cut the kite string Fingers crossed while you held my hand We took off, we just couldn't land This was supposed to be a sure thing We'd let it go and cut the kite string Fingers crossed while you held my hand We took off, we just couldn't land We took off, we just couldn't land Just couldn't land