Expecting To Lose - Nathaniel Rateliff

Hello birthday person, Your time has come again, This whole house is swinging like a monkey on a chain, And the champagne pops like rifle shots as evry one grows dim, We need a mirror to reflect upon this mess we're in, And we sing, Your happy day is here again x4 Well hello birthday person, I heard that you were thin, So I got you some religion to cuddle to your skin, And your body makes you nervous, About sagging mental health, If I was you I'd trade you in and find somebody else, And we sing Your happy day is here again x8 And this window looks out on the sea, And there's nothing between you and me, Well I see you're expecting to fly, Well you know the world won't catch you, So you'd better kiss your friends goodbye, Your happy day is here again x8 Your happy day is here again x11 We're going down x7

She is thinking of the year, 16, 16 She is taking down her thoughts Reflecting and expecting She is musing on her autumn Her dreams, her dreams She, she is making up her mind Expecting, expecting She is certain that she likes His schemes, his schemes She is waiting in the woods Expecting, expecting

I thought I saw the light, was it real or something I'm imagining I thought I saw the light, if it was then tell me, did you see it too Did you see the light, if you did now tell me, could you feel it too Hey I saw the light, yeah tell me that you saw the light I don't know why I even do it, all I know is I'm so glad We always make it through it, one way or another We're gonna make it or break I got alot of love for you, I guess that means I got alot to lose I got alot of love for you and only you I don't know how we even do it, all I know is I'm so glad We always make it through it, one more time now baby Got me two times a wife, just like my mother She's there to love and understand Got me two times a wife, she really does have a touch just like no other hands The sparkle in my eye, too many times I left her there alone at night The way you light up my life, yeah your love is two times as nice I don't know how we make it through it, all I know is I'm so glad We always seem to do it, one way or another We're gonna make it or break I got alot of love for you, I guess that means I got alot to lose I got alot of love for you and only you I got alot of love for you, I do, and that's the way it should be I don't know why we even do it, all I know is I'm so glad We always make it through it, one more time now friend I got alot of love for you, I guess that means I got alot to lose I got alot of love for you and only you and nobody else but you I got alot of love for you, I guess that means I got alot to lose I got alot of love for you and only you and no one else but you my friend Oh, nobody else but you my friend (I got a lot of love for you) I got a lot, I got a lot, a lot of love for you (I got a lot of love for you) I do, oh I feel I got a lot to lose

We're not perfect But I never thought we were Was it worth it? Really can't be sure 'Cause I've been hanging Onto what we used to have, but now I can't believe I'm giving you up After all that we've been through It's never too much, but not enough It's not me and it's not you Two worlds apart Just tryna make it work, but it's not It hurts so bad, but you know what? You gotta lose to love You gotta lose to love And now I see it I was running out of air Barely breathing And I know that it's not fair 'Cause I've been hanging Onto what we used to have, but now I can't believe I'm giving you up After all that we've been through It's never too much, but not enough It's not me and it's not you Two worlds apart Just tryna make it work, but it's not It hurts so bad but you know what? You gotta lose to love You gotta lose to love You gotta lose to love You gotta lose, you gotta lose You gotta lose to love You gotta lose, you gotta lose You gotta lose to love You gotta lose, you gotta lose You gotta lose to love You gotta lose Oh-ohh I can't believe I'm giving you up After all that we've been through It's never too much, but not enough It's not me and it's not you Two worlds apart Just tryna make it work, but it's not It hurts so bad but you know what? You gotta lose to love You gotta lose to love You gotta lose to love

One more this, one more that, one more "love you" I hate that I've been keeping score But your silence, it could start a war One more half of a truth, one more "we're through" Now you're standing outside my door With a line that's never worked before Ooh-ooh-ooh What makes you think your tears can put this fire out? And you called it love How can you sit and let us turn to dust? Think you can kill it and it grows right back Oh, no, no, it doesn't work like that And it's just like you Pushing the limit like you're born to lose Think you can bend it and that we won't crack Oh, no, no, it doеsn't work like that It was over Way beforе you dropped my hand What a slow burn, let down of a mess Can you see it again? Did you notice? And you called it love How can you sit and let us turn to dust? Think you can kill it and it grows right back Oh, no, no, it doesn't work like that And it's just like you Pushing the limit like you're born to lose Think you can bend it and that we won't crack Oh, no, no, it doesn't work like that No, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, it doesn't No, no, no, no, it doesn't work like that Ooh-ooh-ooh What makes you think your tears can put this fire out? And you called it love How can you sit and let us turn to dust? Think you can kill it and it grows right back Oh, no, no, it doesn't work like that And it's just like you Pushing the limit like you're born to lose Think you can bend it and that we won't crack Oh, no, no, it doesn't work like that (It was over) No, no, no, no, no (It was over) No, no, no, no, it doesn't No, no, no, no, it doesn't work like that

When you're here When you're out I wanna know it I wanna know it When you feel When you doubt And when all of this fails I wanna know it I wanna know it Don't you get heavy, hanging around Don't you get tired of me When you're here When you're down I wanna know it I wanna know it Don't you get up when too quickly then you're out Don't you get off it and really leave me out Don't you get tired of hanging around Don't you get tired of me and the sound