And I Can Make You Break My Heart

I can make you tell me secrets

And I can make you take things off

I can make you forget to call your friends back

And I can make you stay in on a nice night

I can pull the covers up over your head

And be the monster you forgot you were afraid of

I can empty you out

And fill you back up again

And I can make you break my heart

Broken glass can be as pretty as it wants to be

But it still hurts like a bitch to walk on

Summer days can put you down in the dumps

If you can’t go outside

Or open your window

There’s no one way for this to go

A train station says as many goodbyes

As it does hello’s

I can put you on a plane

And take you away

Or I can break your heart

I can keep you up late at night

Or put you right to sleep

I can love you

Or I can leave you

It’s really up to me

You’re not the one who’s going to figure me out

You’re not the one doing the trick

But I like the way you don’t try too hard

And I like how much I like you

I can see you in a crowded room

And keep your eyes on me

I can hug you like a stranger would do

And wait to kiss you ‘til nobody sees

I can say your name eight different ways

And make ‘em all sound right

I could take your number out of my phone

Or I could marry you and not think twice

I would never break you

Like some people would

Tempting though it is

To see somebody love you

Is to wonder how much

And how deep

And how strong

At what price

For how long?

When it’s over I’ll make it seem like your idea

I’ll tell you that it’s all for the best

We’ll still nod when we see each other

And no one knows about the rest

Some night I’ll come callin’

And you’ll let me in

We’ll get too close

For the last time again

And when it’s done

You’ll say ‘That was fun’

But you’ll be the one

You’ll be the one

Showing me out

From my car window

I’ll see your light go out

I’ll know my luck ran out

I’ll finally figure out

How hard I held on

When I said that it was nothing

It was peanut butter on my tongue

Nice to taste

But tough to swallow

‘Cause here we are

A heart and a broken heart

Two people playing a game

I played one move too many

And you played me out

Good for you

I’d applaud you too

So turn the light out

I’ll turn the car on

And on the drive home

I’ll fall apart

I can tell myself I had this planned from the start

I did a damn good job

Of making you

Break my heart