Rules - The Answering Machine
The rules you set when we're apart
They're broken from the start
But your regimented heart
Can't understand this
You blame me
You read between the lines
You misread all the signs
Investigate the crimes
I detect the problem's you
I'm a broken window
I'm an open door
I give a little less
You take a little more
We can't have it all
On a burning page
As your heart puts up the barricades
As it all begins to fade
I'll still love you
On a wounded stage
In the performance of a serenade
Even in this mess we've made
I'll still love you
But there's no use
Whichever way I'll lose
If you set the rules
We fight
Your punches hit me hard
But it's your words that leave the scars
And as the sky bleeds stars
You tell me that we're through
But I can't lose you
I'm a broken window
I'm an open door
I give a little less
You take a little more
We had it all
On a burning page
As your heart puts up the barricades
As it all begins to fade
I'll still love you
On a wounded stage
In the performance of a serenade
Even in this mess we've made
I'll still love you
But there's no use
Whichever way I'll lose
If you set the rules
Oh we're holding on
We're holding on
You got me wrong
Oh so wrong
We're holding on
We're holding on
You got me wrong
Oh so wrong
On a burning page
As your heart puts up the barricades
As it all begins to fade
I'll still love you
On a wounded stage
In the performance of a serenade
Even in this mess we've made
I'll still love you
But there's no use
Whichever way I'll lose
If you set the rules
