stories don t end

Dawes

From the paper umbrellas in both of our drinks
To the shadows that walk without us
My account of the details is as clear as you d think
Kept up by friends that still ask about us

If our lives were a movie, if our lives were a book
It d be longer than I d recommend
Cause if you re telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don t end

The remains of a person, the habits of a ghost
You could still find in the places you used to
Still reading off cue cards and raising a toast
To the stories I still tell about you

But the plot line wanders and versions change
And I don t know where to quit

If I tried to show every side of you through words of a song
I d say a fraction of what I d intend
Cause if you re telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don t end

The next time I see you, and my conscience tells me
That the episode has long since been closed
But he s not the one that gets up every morning
And wonders how long a memory keeps its pose
And how much that the man beside you knows
And how much of the toll it s taken shows

Like a famous singer that lost his voice
That we all still want to meet

If our lives were a movie, if our lives were a book
It d be longer than I could defend
Cause if you re telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don t end
Stories don t end

They go on and on
Just someone stops listening