VERSE 1

hostage in your heart

with the curtains drawn like black metal

broken from the start

but you never let the dust settle

lying in the dark

in my dreams, darling, you could see for miles

I will be in pain

I wish you could love yourself better

scratch it off in vain

you’re your own damn worst offender

might as well take aim

in my dreams, though, you could see for miles

 

CHORUS

you could see for miles

you could see for miles

 

VERSE 2

and I won’t ever know

how it feels to have your illness

all that room to grow

but you just can’t bear to fill it

I would die to wake you up

to the fact that you do stretch for miles

yes I am aware now

that I’m not the person to blame

but the only culprit I can think of

lives in a picture frame

so even if my prayers made it to heaven

straight to the ivory gates,

I know your mother would be there smiling

and she would sing the same:

 

CHORUS

she’d wish that you could see for miles

cause she can see for miles

you can see for miles

yeah you can see for miles