Claire

And it’s one of those things, you’ve gotta try to make it right
It won’t fade, won’t go away though you’ve seen it a hundred times
And it’s nothing new, we’ve been through this a million times before
But there’s something about that memory my heart cannot ignore
He has to know that a debt never owed will never be paid,
His ways are how my heart was betrayed

I feel like I write him too many love songs
About the things I felt and the things that are gone
I feel like I write him apologies
But this one’s for her, with love, from me.

She’s the only one who made it right
Let me cry and held me tight and said
Babe, you’re beautiful;
You can go ahead and rake it again and again
But the truth is you can’t change the end, she said
It’s how it goes, it’s how it goes
It’s how it goes when your bouquet has more thorns than flowers
And you’ve been staring at those blank walls for hours
It’s how it goes, how it goes, but I love you

And she’s the only one who made it right
She stayed with me that faithless night and said
Honey, come now,
You have to know you’re so much more,
Come on now, forget what you’re waiting for
It’s how it goes, it’s how it goes
It’s how it goes when she knows and he won’t say a word
And the way you were living seems so absurd
It’s how it goes, how it goes, but I love you