The Receiving End Of It All

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink

And I need not remind you, our discount tickets for this sinking ship

Take-backs and sweet regrets, that's all that we have left

No one is looking out for anyone but number one

One to one, two to dance, we all get our sweet romance

Though sour grapes will turn to wine its all just vinegar with time

And oh, I want to know, we all want to know

How can anybody treat somebody so?

She said it hurts too much

I said it will never hurt enough

No one will ever see these cuts

No one will ever call this bluff

But that's just the way that it goes

And when he left us he said, "It's not so bad"

That motherfucker he took everything we had

And when I'm thinking back, I'm counting all the ways

Nobody helped us so we dreamt of better days

And we sang: "Yeah that's just the way that it goes"

Yeah, we used to be in love (my love!), but now we're just in like

And we broke all our promises and baby that ain't right

Because you don't know what it's like to lose it all

Take it back, take it back because you don't know what it's like to be on the receiving end of it all

No! no! You were not on the receiving end of it all

You beg and plead, but no one here can save you

Why would they try when they can't quite save themselves?

So Marigold, someday we'll have to write a script

But I won't stop denying ashamed of all the selfish things we did

Dropped out of every single friendship that you had

They nearly loved you, but you never could have loved somebody back

Tell me of your sorrows; tell me everything from the start

I'd like to do my part to help a friend in need

I said you could come to me, but when you needed someone most, I wasn't there,

I wasn't even...