[Verse 1]
Oh Elise, it doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same the way we act out
Every way to smile, forget and make believe
We never needed any more than this
Any more than this

[Verse 2]
So Elise, it doesn't matter what you do
You know I'll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire the way they should
The way the blue could pull me in, if they only would
If they only would, at least I'd lose this sense
Of sensing something else that hides away

[Verse 3]
From me and you, there're worlds to part
With aching looks and breaking hearts
And all the prayers your hands can make
But I just take as much as you can throw

[Bridge]
And then throw it all away, oh, I throw it all away
Like throwing faces at the sky
Like throwing arms 'round yesterday
I stood and stared wide-eyed in front of you
And the face I saw looked back the way I wanted to
But I just can't hold my tears away the way you do
Elise, believe I never wanted this
Thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl I'd always dreamed about
But I let the dream go
And the promises broke and the make believe ran out
[Verse 1]
Oh Elise, it doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same the way we act out
Every way to smile, forget and make believe
We never needed any more than this
Any more than this

[Outro]
And every time I try to pick it up like falling sand
As fast as I pick it up, it runs away through my clutching hands
But there's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do at all