[Verse 1]
The lights of Virginia are too bright to stand
So she's walking home with a new life in her hands
Past the dead end streets and run down plans
She's got a good one, to follow a man
She swears that he's different, he's not like the rest
He sings in the kitchen, he's good with the kids
A few good years, then it starts to hit
She put it all in, but he's calling it quits

[Chorus]
So I've given up on believing
That everybody gets a chance and I don't understand
Why she does it to herself
When she knows how it ends

[Verse 2]
Still, I wouldn't trade it, this thing that we do
Just know it's a feeling that I never knew
I'm slow, but you're patiently walking me through
When we talk in the dark of your room
I try to be in it, and cry, but I can't
You just cut me open saying that's what I am
I'm betting my fate on a line in your hand
It finally feels like a good place to land
[Chorus]
But I've grown up on the feeling
Of falling to my knees again, so I don't understand
Why we do it to ourselves
When we know how it ends