I'll Never Marry You

Verse 1

We burned like a fever, instant and bright

A passionate fire in the middle of the night

But the heat felt like shame, and the glow felt like sin

Before the first promise, the rot settled in

Verse 2

You dropped every anchor, you cut every tie

Without a backward glance or a tear in your eye

Fifteen years of a life, and two little boys

Just discarded remains like broken-down toys.

Chorus

And I’ll never marry you, no matter how many years

I’ll never wash out the salt of all their tears

I might hold your hand, I might call you my own

But I’m keeping my name, and I’m staying alone

Though we don't know it yet, as the fantasy plays

I’m just waiting out the rest of my days.

Babe, I'll never marry you

Verse 3

You played the poor victim, and I was so young

Believing the honey that poured from your tongue

But the "neglect" was a script that you’d written before

To justify walking right out of the door

Verse 4

Now those boys have a map where the compass is wrong

Learning that "Mommy" won't stay around for too long

That love is a suitcase you pack when it’s tough

That "sorries" are plenty, but never enough.

Bridge

Seven years younger, I gave you my dreams

While you’d already lived yours and you tore at the seams

You call me a "soulmate," "sacred," and "fated"

But it’s just selfish hearts, tired and jaded

I traded my youth for a beautiful lie

And I’ll carry that weight ‘til the day that I die

I’m staying for pride, and I’m staying for guilt

In this house made of sand that we greedily built.

Guitar Solo

(Slow, haunting, minor chords)

Chorus

And I’ll never marry you, no matter how many years

I’ll never wash out the salt of all their tears

I might hold your hand, I might call you my own

But I’m keeping my name, and I’m staying alone

Though we don't know it yet, as the fantasy plays

I’m just waiting out the rest of my days.

Babe, I'll never marry you

Outro

Neither of us knows it yet...

But the curtain is closing.

Adultery isn't a fairy tale.

It's just a long, quiet room.

And I'll never give my name to you.

Babe, I'll never marry you