The story never changed no matter how much I tried to I shrank for you, knees black and blue From begging and praying to keep us one not two But the biggest casualty was losing me once I lost you A story I'm not proud to tell But one I will pass down to my inner child In hopes that they do not dim their light That they don't lose their wild I try to find heaven whenever it's hell I try to stay in love and do it without your help And now I sing myself to sleep in hotels with Lullabies wrapped in lies and stories I tell myself (Ooh, ooh) Young minds Stretching out the summertime Staring at the sun so long Didn't mean to go blind Little lies Turning into big cries We could take the whole ocean And fill it up a hundred times But the mind's a crazy thing It believes what it wants to Standing in the cold water Like it isn't turning us blue I try to find heaven whenever it's hell I try to stay in love and do it without your help And now I sing myself to sleep in hotels with Lullabies wrapped in lies and stories I tell myself (Ooh, ooh) On the back burn I told myself it didn't hurt There was always some reason Why we didn't come first And it still stings You took the promise of the ring You changed with the seasons And now I'm shivering in the spring But the mind's a crazy thing It believes what it wants to Standing in the cold water Like it isn't turning us blue I try to find heaven whenever it's hell I try to stay in love and do it without your help And now I sing myself to sleep in hotels with Lullabies wrapped in lies and stories I tell myself, self Stories I tell myself, self Stories I tell myself, self Stories I tell myself, self Stories I tell myself Self Ooh, ooh, ooh Stories I tell