Title: The Ghost You Wanted
(Verse 1)
You used to call me angel, soft and white
I held your hand through the longest night
Dried your tears with a velvet sleeve
But you turned your back when I believed
You said my love was just a scene
Too good to be true, too quiet, too clean
You wanted fire, you wanted wild
So I buried the heart of a gentle child
(Pre-Chorus)
Now don't you miss the way I stayed?
The way I prayed for you to stay awake?
But you only saw the frame, not the art
Now I'm burning down the house you bought
(Chorus)
Now I'm the ghost you wanted, the lie you told
A pretty flower turning bitter and cold
You didn't want me when I was good
Now I'm bad, and you finally understood
You don't get the girl, you get the wreck
You don't get the kiss, you get the neck
Of a woman who learned to disappear
Now you cry for the one who was here
(Verse 2)
I wore your name like a borrowed pearl
But you tossed it down the wishing well
You said "too soft, too sweet, too tame"
So I sharpened my tongue and I changed my game
Now I walk in leather, I walk in spite
Red lipstick bleeding in the neon light
You follow me down every street
Begging for the girl you couldn't keep
(Pre-Chorus)
Now don't you miss the way I loved?
The way I fit your hand like a glove?
But you wanted danger, you wanted pain
So I gave you thunder, I gave you rain
(Chorus)
Now I'm the ghost you wanted, the lie you told
A pretty flower turning bitter and cold
You didn't want me when I was good
Now I'm bad, and you finally understood
You don't get the girl, you get the wreck
You don't get the kiss, you get the neck
Of a woman who learned to disappear
Now you cry for the one who was here
(Bridge)
And I'd go back if I could find
The girl who loved you blind and kind
But she drowned herself in your goodbye
