Why Do I Always Want the Things That I Can’t Have

I've been looking for love in all the wrong places

Seeing your eyes in strangers' faces

Searching for God in all of my vices

Staying out 'til the sun lit rises

I, I light a cigarette, call myself a cab

If only you were here, it wouldn't be so bad

Why do I always want the things that I can't have?

It's so sad

I've been dancing all night and my feet are hurting

Taking the pills, but they're still not working

Trying to get by in this lonely city

I'm leaving tonight, do you wanna come with me?

I, I know this little place that we could go relax

Walk and run our fingers through the tips of the tall grass

Why do I always want the things that I can't have?

It's so sad

Storms start to rise, helicopters are in the skies

I feel this joy, but then it dies

Why doesn't anybody realise we're on the edge of paradise?

We're on the edge of paradise

I've been staring at screens, my eyes are aching

Losing my faith in this world we're making

Listening to my father scream and

Laid on the bathroom floor just dreaming

Of a time, a time we will look back on all of this and laugh

And slowly piece together all the bits of broken glass

Why do I always want all the things I can't have?

It's so sad, it's so sad