House of Cards

Laura Clare

Compositor: Laura Clare

Maybe I gave you too much of me
Maybe you shouldn’t fall that hard at eighteen
I never thought that heartbreak would break me like this
You were someone I never planned to miss

I prayed for us to stay the same
But July brought the dark clouds and rain
We fell apart the moment it touched our skin
Cause, honey, we were always paper thin

But I remember it all
All the blues in your eyes, every call
It wasn’t much but somehow I miss it all
'Cause it was short but sweet
It was wrong but real
And now everyone's telling me how I should feel
Now you’re gone, and I'm supposed to move on
So we’ll go and pretend
That people like us can just fall out of love again

Our home was built on broken ground
On both of us just desperate to be found
We built hope on a fantasy forever
Now we're both more lost than ever

'Cause I remember it all
Every touch of your hand, every call
It wasn’t much but somehow I miss it all
'Cause it was short but sweet
It was wrong but real
And now everyone's telling me how I should feel
Now you’re gone, and I'm supposed to move on
So we’ll go and pretend
That people like us can just fall out of love again

As the storm clouds rolled in off the sea
I lost sight of you and me
'Cause these walls were never built to withstand it
Now it’s over and done
They tell me I should move on
But if we were so wrong
How come I still can’t stand it?

(Oh oh oh)
I saw the life that I wanted in you
(Oh oh oh)
Now I grieve for the house of cards that we built for two

'Cause I remember the look
On your face as the walls around us shook
It wasn’t much so that’s all that it took
'Cause we fell too hard (yeah we fell too hard)
And we fell too fast (yeah we fell too fast)
But despite everything, I really thought we might last
And that’s why I still can’t say goodbye
So, we’ll go and pretend that a story like ours can just end