California

It took a while for you to settle down, settle in
You took the cinnamon and washed it out of your mouth
And when the guillotine came down it snapped over my neck
Still once you looked away you were gone
There's only diligence in those who try to cut you down
And once they do the tremors echo coast to coast
And when you dreamed till you wake up soaked in red coated sweat
Love seems so far away from anything you want now

And there's a part of me that never wants to see you again
And there's a part of me that needs you now
I don't know why my brain was wired 50/50 but now
Seems I'm the only one oblivious
It's spreading like a disease, that's what you wanted
When it was you it's the kiss you got

And when you fled to California I was somewhere at home
Just trying desperately to brush it off
Sucked out the venom and you spit it out of your mouth
But I'm not sure I want to die slow
My heart's still broken but it's something more that's done it somehow
Some things just never end up like you thought