Life We Chose Songtext
von Jared & the Mill

Hourglass inside of my bones
Trapped inside a picture frame above your throat
You were someone else when I was too
Weren't we someone else, wasn't I?
Weren't you?

But giving up is harder said than done
Throwing stones, set love on fire, we thought we'd won
I thought I was the man that you thought I was too
But he went away
He ran away with the girl I thought was you

But we both know this is the life we chose
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
Will wither down and run out of time
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
We both know this is the life that we chose

So teary-eyed and desperate we manifest
Into a creature brought on by fear of a destiny we dread
Our four walls come down but somehow the roof suspends
It changed to a cloud, and down comes the rain as we near the end


But we both know this is the life that we chose
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
Will wither down and run out of time
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
We both know this is the life that we chose

But comin' back from a hit like that's a chore
When we were trapped inside of a jail cell we both adore
My hands are a mess, I swear it's like a loaded gun
Set to explode at a flick of your soul
I'm an awful mess and you said that you'd run

But we both know this is the life that we chose
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
Will wither down and run out of time
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
We both know this is the life that we chose
We both know this is the life that we chose

There's a dark cloud over a love I have
There's a rain upon my hair
So wet on top of my head, my lord
Let the sun come out instead

To the east I see the sunrise
But the west sunset still falls
There's a dark cloud over a love I have
And it can only last so long


There's a land of gold where my eyes are set
There's a land of gold I see
Where the streams of water flow into the land
Where the grass is always green

To the east I see the sunrise
But the west sunset still falls
There's a dark cloud over a love I have
But it can only last so long

We both know this is the life that we chose
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
Will wither down and run out of time
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
We both know this is the life that we chose
We both know this is the life that we chose
God, I hope this is the life that I chose