When my parents were my age they'd already fallen in love They'd gotten married It's getting scary I'm pushing twenty one still scared of being enough I fuck up then get dumped and do it again Starting to think all I need is a friend You said the same When we parted ways Then we spent a decade as strangers If it were you We'd burn the picture perfect down And build up from the ground Our own thing Our own way If it were you We'd build a house up in the clouds And tell 'em that we found Our own thing Our own way Fell asleep on the couch last night To a movie that was made 'bout you and I Wasn't awake for a happy ending But I think I'm ok pretending The protagonist at the end was me And we both got past the honeymoon stage And not one thought had gone to waste I based this song on a story that could be true About a girl without a thing to loose And a guy who wonders What if it were, what if it were you If it were you We'd burn the picture perfect down And build up from the ground Our own thing Our own way If it were you We'd build a house up in the clouds And tell 'em that we found Our own thing Our own way I fuck up then get dumped and do it again Starting to think all I need is a friend You said the same When we parted ways Staring to think that should change