Better As a Memory

I move on like a sinner's prayer

Letting go like a levee breaks

Walk away as if I don't care

Learn to shoulder my mistakes

I'm built to fade like your favorite song

I get reckless when there's no need

Laugh as your stories ramble on

Break my heart but it won't bleed

My only friends are pirates, it's just who I am

I'm better as a memory than as your man

I'm never sure when the truth won't do

I'm pretty good on a lonely night

I move on the way a storm blows through

I never stay, but then again, I might

I struggle sometimes to find the words

Always sure until I doubt

Walk a line until it blurs

Build the walls too high to climb out

I'm honest to a fault, it's just who I am

I'm better as a memory than as your man

I see you lean in, you're bound to fall

I don't wanna be that mistake

I'm just a dreamer, nothing more

You should know it before it gets too late

'Cause good-bye's are like a roulette wheel

You never know where they're gonna land

First you're spinning, then you're standing still

Left holding a losing hand

One day you're gonna find someone

Right away, you'll know it's true

That all of your seeking's done

Was just a part of the passing through

Right there in that moment

You'll finally understand

That I was better as a memory than as your man

Better as a memory than as your man