i found a lost heart
somewhere in echo park
but she wouldn't give me her name
she was a fairytale
and i was some sort of escape

blinded by sunlight
i could not decline
the invitation of fate
yeah you gotta take what you're given
when chances are slimming each day

yeah all my friends are medicating
and online dating
and i'm just saving my breath
for what the future holds
make it tangible
i won't settle for anything less

now are you reading lines
or really speaking your mind?
in this city it's hard to say

well i could be your companion
i won't leave you stranded
treat you in the nicest of ways

yea i got the look to play the part
i’m just waiting on my character arc
it’s 3 hours passed sunset
and i haven't noticed
baby the view’s getting dark

now the past is a canyon
and i’m a vulture that keeps landing
to claw and pick at the dead

yeah i'm off in the distance
where it makes no difference
what you told me
or kept in your head.

yeah i'm not wrong
but i'm not right
just alone at the end of the day
a solution, or problem
toxic, or charming
to you darling they're just the same

yeah you're lethal
but i love you
so i think of you everyday
yeah drink lots of water
go "marry your father"
and don't let my memory stay.