Bitter Ender

Hope is a drug when it comes to love

And I hoped it would never run dry

Writing covered the wall, there was no time to stall

But still I kept wanting to try

Truth is, I've always gone down with the ship

I've never known when it's time to quit

As defiant as well as defender

I'm a bitter ender

Once in a while, the universe smiles

Lets you think that you're in on the joke

The plans that you made and the life that you craved

Now it's all going up in smoke

How many signs are you willing to miss?

And the way that you stay when you're cut to the quick

Till they call you a repeat offender

It makes you a bitter ender

One of these days, we could wake up and say

That our eyes are wide open, brand new and blinking

What if the cure is to give up the allure of the magic

Of magical thinking?

Pride is a curse, but no pride is worse

And lately, that's just what it is

Whatever we're told, everything gets old

Nothing changes, it's the same old shit

How many nights are you ready to waste

On the loneliest fight and the emptiest chase

For reasons now you can't even remember?

As defiance burns down to an ember

For the reckless, and the fools, and pretenders

And bitter enders