Trophies - Michael Lawler, Burning Down Alaska

So here we are on the ground again

This love was lost the day it began

Ready to get hurt with our hearts on our sleeves

We had something to believe

Cherishing seeds of ingenuous hope

Beware of what you feed

Until the day I found you my fire burned out

A thousand suns extinguished

Dead in doubt

I never meant to let go

Hard to keep it alive

I gave it all but it’s so

Hard to keep it alive

The stars are falling tonight

With heaven’s tears our fire has died

Alive, alive — why is it so

Hard to keep it alive

Come pick me up, let me feel again

This is not where it’s supposed to end

A hole in our chests

Where a heart should beat

Empty vessel for a lifeless soul

Scratches and scars

No more blood to bleed

Only trophies we can show

Until the day I found you my fire burned out

A thousand suns extinguished

Dead in doubt

I never meant to let go

Hard to keep it alive

I gave it all but it’s so

Hard to keep it alive

Hard to keep it alive