Love by Attrition

If I were dying today, would you hold my hand, 

tell me now would you be there tonight.

Would you lie to me ever so gently?

It's not goodbye.

Would you look in my eyes, and see a life that was missed,

full of promises we couldn't keep.

Or forget all the past,

just lay next to me in sleep.

 

Girl, I'm dying to stay, 

but I know, we'd just get carried away.

I know exactly what to say,

and like all the things, this too must fade.

 

I'm out of time,

please forgive me, I

I'm no saint. 

We're all the same.

I know now, it's all over and I'd

Like the truth from you, from you-ooh-ooh

I'll have a drink,

for every time that I lied.

If you agree to do the same.

And then we'll see, 

just how deep the vein lies.

And who is right and who's right fucked.

 

CHORUS

It's love by attrition

(It's love by attrition), when we talk this way.

It's love by attrition

(It's love by attrition), when we play this game.

It's love by attrition 

(It's love by attrition), we fall one by one.

It's love by attrition 

(It's love by attrition), the damage is done.

 

When you were young and unburdened,

my conscience so clean,

meeting then where would we be now.

Maybe gotten to the lucky part of getting lucky, maybe missed.

Like the years come and gone, the waves wash away, 

the rock on which we had that first kiss. 

I'd rather not forget, don't forget, I"ll remember you like this.

 

Girl, I'm dying to stay,  

but I know, we'd just get carried away. 

I know exactly what to say, 

and like all the things, this too must fade. 

  

I'm out of time, 

please forgive me, I 

I'm no saint.  

We're all the same. 

I know now, it's all over and I'd 

Like the truth from you, from you-ooh-ooh 

I'll have a drink, 

for every time that I lied. 

If you agree to do the same. 

And then we'll see,  

just how deep the vein lies. 

And who is right and who's right fucked.

 

REPEAT CHORUS X2