Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny McDaid
Piano
Will Reynolds
Programming
Gary Lightbody
Vocals
Nathan Connolly
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Johnny McDaid
Songwriter
Gary Lightbody
Songwriter
Nathan Connolly
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Johnny McDaid
Producer
Will Reynolds
Additional Producer
Graham Archer
Vocal Producer
Scott Barnett
Additional Engineer
Mark "Spike" Stent
Mixing Engineer
Randy Merrill
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
He stops just before he says
"Oh, I never lived before you
And I sure as hell won't live after you're gone"
She waits for the words to come
But they never fill the silence
And it seems like silence now is all they have
Somehow from above himself
He saw them smashed into the pieces
That she'd stuck together patiently for years
"Now drink, let's drink to our health
And they can fold us in the creases
So that no one sees us shatter into tears"
[Chorus]
He says
"I don't know how to make this right"
She says
"Well just stop trying to make this right
And what if nothing breaks
What were you bracing for?"
She says
[Verse 2]
Somehow he can feel her still
But like the sky painted on ocean
Oh, it only takes a ripple to dissolve
Some pain only light can kill
So let's dissuade you from the notion
That this is gonna take a miracle to solve
[Chorus]
He says
"I don't know how to make this right"
She says
"Well just stop trying to make this right
And what if nothing breaks
What were you bracing for?"
She says
[Chorus]
He says
"I don't know how to make this right"
She says
"Well just stop trying to make this right
And what if nothing breaks
What were you bracing for?"
She says
[Outro]
He says
"I don't know how to make this right"
She says
"Well just stop trying to make this right
And what if nothing breaks
What were you bracing for?"
She says
Written by: Gary Lightbody, Johnny McDaid, Nathan Connolly