[Verse 1]
She warned him once about her luck
Put out a match with a tear
She said, "I'm bored to death and born to—
Look, you want way the hell away from here?"
He said, "You don't look that tough to me"
He leaned and lit a cigarette
"How 'bout you wait to see just what you regret
Until we get what we get?
'Til we get what we get?"

[Chorus]
They say it makes you stronger
First you gotta survive
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

[Verse 2]
She struggled to read his knuckle tattoos
Beneath the ring and the scar
But the left said "love," the right read "true"
She said, "Please say you got a car"
"It's parked out back
Pointed out of state
It's a recent acquisition
Should probably ditch the plates"
And it won't get me far enough to ever lose track
But yeah, it's plenty car enough for never coming back"
[Chorus]
They say it makes you stronger
First you gotta survive
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

[Bridge]
Yellow duffel in the seat back yonder
Bunch of pretty junk I bought her
Yours if you want
Either to you or the flames
To me it's the same

[Verse 3]
She said, "No thanks, man, my baggage is packed
The name on my ankle, the knife in my back
But I know a place on the way out of town
It's as good as burned down
As good as burned down
It's as good as burned"

[Chorus]
They say it makes you stronger
First you gotta survive
What didn't kill you will make you wish you
What didn't kill you will make you wish you
What didn't kill you will make you wish you
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
[Outro]
You call that a scar
A bruise, a tear
Pillow marks
Souvenirs, souvenirs