I've been waiting a while
where the sun burnt the sea
was I down when you wanted me to be?
tell me which of your lies
was I meant to believe?
oh, was I down when you wanted me to be?

well hold me in your arms
I'm in the eye of the storm
tell me we're not coming here no more
oh you hurt, you hurt me again I'm sure
and you paint me the same pretty picture as before
and it's beautiful 'til the colors run
it's beautiful 'til the colors run

I'll be sailing away
though you warned me to stay
as the face that you see in the sky
I've been bound and alone
I trace the chains to your throne
was I down when you wanted me to be?
well let's go fly a plane and when it breaks we'll fly a kite
but I'm not going up this isn't right

oh you hurt, you hurt me again I'm sure
and you paint me the same pretty picture as before
and it's beautiful 'til the colors run
it's beautiful
you're the ghost of childhood who haunts the bay
well on the rocks where I once
stood a blue guitar I played

in the empty parking lot that [?]
with my hands tied in a knot of promises we've made
oh you hurt, you hurt me again I'm sure
and you paint me the same pretty picture as before
and it's beautiful 'til the colors run
it's beautiful 'til the colors run
it's beautiful