Minimize the Damage

I know you’re scared about what I got to say about you

I thought that with love, not fear, is what you’re trying to do

Just cause you wrote it on your arm don’t mean it’s that way

Just like I wrote on my arm that everything’s okay

Only trying to minimize the damage

Reduce it to a task that we can manage

Everything is fleeting so don’t get mad

You’re not the only reason that I feel so bad, that I feel so bad

I took you in my arms graduation day

Said we can leave the problems for tomorrow, but for now just stay

And you did, yes you did, ‘bout as long as you could

It wasn’t up to me to decide if loving me was good

When you were only trying to minimize the damage

Reduce it to a task that you can manage

Everything is fleeting but I still get mad

I'm not the only reason that you feel so bad, that you feel so bad

When all smoke and mirrors have finally blown away

It feels like the first time you’ve seen the light of day

You get tossed, you get turned and you end up here

There’s no form in the chaos, we’re spinning round

There’s no comfort in the up when you’re heading down

But you can live, you can live without your baby near

And if your baby’s not your baby no more, no need to fear

Cause you can learn to live without your baby near

It’s a riptide, darling, that sucks you right in

And your heart becomes your brain and your faith runs thin

No this is not about all of the fish in the sea

If it’s not for you that I’m living it’s gotta be for me

If only just to minimize the damage

Reduce it to a task that I can manage

Everything is fleeting but I won’t get mad

Cause after all the bleeding, I’m tired of feeling so bad

Feeling so bad

I’m done feeling so bad

I’m done feeling so bad

I’m done feeling so bad

I’m done feeling so bad

I’m done feeling so bad

I’m done feeling so bad

I’m done feeling so