Cauterize

As we dance here in this empty apartment
Echoes of laughter will long live here after
Put your memories in boxes
And cut all your losses.
Romance left this place long ago
If these walls could talk
They'd tell me it's time to go.
You gave this place so much colour
I don't know why I did not see that before
You gave life to this place
Without you it's empty space
As we kiss, knowing that it's our last one
Pull the sheets from the mattress
Sleep hasn't found us
Take the curtains from the window
Let the world see this last dance
And now, what is left for us
Turn all the lights out
Lock the door behind us.
You gave this place so much colour
I don't know why I did not see that before
You gave life to this place
Without you it's empty space
Someone else can hang pictures over holes in the walls
Duck and take cover from the screams in the hall
Sing you to sleep when you're hurt from the fall
And somehow I miss this all
Lets burn this place down and scatter the ashes
Paint it with gasoline and start throwing matches
Somewhere in this wreck remains dying love
You gave this place so much colour
I don't know why I did not see that before
You gave life to this place
Without you it's empty space
Someone else can hang pictures over holes in the walls
Duck and take cover from the screams in the hall
Sing you to sleep when you're hurt from the fall
And somehow I miss this all
As we dance knowing that it's our last one
If these walls could talk they'd tell us it's time to go