Hope is a drug when it comes to love And I hoped it would never run dry Writing covered the wall There was no time to stall But still I kept wanting to try Truth is I've always gone down with the ship I've never known when it's time to quit As defiant as well as defender I'm a bitter ender Once in a while the universe smiles Lets you think that you're in on the joke The plans that you made And the life that you craved Now it's all going up in smoke How many signs are you willing to miss And the way that you stay When you're cut to the quick Til they call you a repeat offender It makes you a bitter ender One of these days we could wake up and say That our eyes are wide open Brand new and blinking What if the cure is to give up the allure Of the magic Of magical thinking Pride is a curse but no pride is worse And lately that's just what it is Whatever we're told, everything gets old Nothing changes it's the same old shit How many more nights Are you ready to waste On the loneliest fight and the emptiest chase For reasons now you can't even remember As defiance burns down to an ember For the reckless and the fools And pretenders And bitter enders