How To Grieve

Nostalgia's a prison
Your grief is the chain
Can't picture their faces
But remember the pain
It's a bottomless pit that you'd rather fill
Than to admit that you're empty still
If life is a circus, you think you're the leader
Chasing a purpose, it's tragedy theater
The cost is bigger than you're worth
Do you know what love is
The price to pay is gonna hurt
Do you know what love is
Tell me, does no one know how to grieve
Tell me, will you still be God
When the power is
No longer in your hands
But I'll be the savior
The end to your strife
Be the perfect daughter
Or the perfect wife
I can be the moon or be the sun
I'll be what makes you come undone
We'll play a game that can't be won
You knew that I would be the one
To teach you how to
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
To teach you how to
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
I can teach you how to grieve
A perfect make-believe
Your pain I can relieve
(Don't you wanna be free)
(Don't you wanna be free)
(Don't you wanna be free)
(Don't you wanna be)
Told that you never ever failed me
Tell yourself I'm the next best thing
Just enough to sting (sting)
Did you ever think
You'd take it this far
As you stand on the brink
Of reopening a scar
So deep is the cut
That it starts weeping
The memories turn to nightmares when you're sleeping
Rather than face it
You let it haunt you
Turning your guts to necrotic tissue
I'll rip your heart out while it's still beating
Won't sympathize as you lay there bleeding
The cost is bigger than you're worth
Do you know what love is
The price to pay is gonna hurt
Do you know what love is
Tell me, does no one know how to grieve
Tell me, will you still be God
When the power is
No longer in your hands
But I'll be the savior
The end to your strife
Be the perfect daughter
Or the perfect wife
I can be the moon or be the sun
I'll be what makes you come undone
We'll play a game that can't be won
You knew that I would be the one (one)
(La)
(La)
Guess it just hurts too much to say goodbye
Maybe in another world we'd live the perfect life
But until then, I'll choose to live a lie
But I'll be the savior
The end to your strife
Be the perfect daughter
Or the perfect wife
I can be the moon or be the sun
I'll be what makes you come undone
We'll play a game that can't be won
You knew that I would be the one
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
To teach you how to
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
I can teach you how to grieve
A perfect make-believe
Your pain I can relieve
(Don't you wanna be free)
(Don't you wanna be free)
(Don't you wanna be free)
(Don't you wanna be)
Told that you never ever failed me
Tell yourself I'm the next best thing
Just enough to sting (sting)