the only thing left

[verse one]
The wishes and memories never really go away.
But I held onto you and thought [for once] you would stay.
Flames burned higher & arrows missed
& you left me here to reminisce
and wish the romance could have somehow lasted one more day.
[bridge]
I'm sorry for thinking you could have been the one.
And I'm sorry for not realizing we were done.
But I held onto the hope, you see.
I thought you'd be with me.
I thought you'd be with me...
[chorus]
The only thing left for me to do
is pretend it's okay, and that I'll make it through.
And once this is over, I'll start over anew.
It's not like I fell in love with you.
[verse two]
When your strength is your weakness and you just don't know
how long you can keep this or where to go,
I'm begging you--tell me there's something more.
Tell me she's not the reason you closed the door.

Not even time can repair bonds of trust,
and I guess it refused to stifle your lust
for your girl from your past, and you thought it would last?
I thought you of all people would accept contrast.
[bridge]
I'm sorry for thinking you could have been the one.
And I'm sorry for not realizing we were done.
But I held onto the hope, you see.
I thought you'd be with me.
I thought you'd be with me...
[chorus]
The only thing left for me to do
is pretend it's okay, and that I'll make it through.
And now that it's over, I'll start over anew.
It's not like I fell in love with you.
[verse three]
Maybe Panic! was right and she's desperate for attention,
and desperate for the boy she'd rather not mention
or think about at all--she can't relive the fall.
He dropped her without a second thought.

And if she made this first-person it would only confuse you.
She doesn't really want to anyway.
Because she fears the whispers, and can't claim the things
she'd really rather not say.
[bridge-ish]
But she's sorry that she believed you were the one.
She wishes she knew when this was really done.
But she held on to hope that never really existed.
She held on to hope that true love existed...
[bridge]
I'm sorry for thinking you could have been the one.
And I'm sorry for not realizing we were done.
But I held onto the hope, you see.
I thought you'd be with me.
I thought you'd be with me...
[chorus 2x]
The only thing left for me to do
is pretend it's okay, and that I'll make it through.
And now that it's over, I'll start over anew.
I just wish I didn't fall in love with you.

The only thing left for me to do
is pretend it's okay, and that I'll make it through.
And now that it's over, I'll start over anew.
I just wish I didn't fall in love with you.