Like a Staring Contest

I've been going through the records

We're not getting any better

Maybe I'm just getting bitter

I don't really care, whatever

I'm so tired of open warfare

When the point of this was to be best of friends

We've been going 'round in circles

Like a plane without an engine

As we spiral down the slipstream

Of our quickly-sinking friendship

It's a train wreck of an ending

It's the same as if we'd never even met

And now, I'm going through the motions

Like a drunken ballerina

Who's too tired to dance

But keeps on getting up to see if

Anybody stuck around to see

A show that has been over now for days

And I know that they're gone

But I keep checking anyway

We've been standing here for hours

On the edges of a canyon

I've got my side, you've got yours

And we're both about to fall in

The pole we hold between us

Is the only thing that's keeping us aloft

And we're standing in the hallway

Both resolved to finally do this

We each have our guns drawn

But neither of us wants to shoot first

We could stay like this forever

We could stay like this and never leave

But there are standards I expect

Our breaking up to measure up to

When you fall in love as hard

And recklessly as you and I do

It seems that the final act should have

The same intensity as the first scene

If I don't lose a couple teeth

Then it just won't feel real to me

So, we fall onto the floor

Not really sure if this

Is breaking bones

Or making up

Maybe a bit of both

But, I won't look away first

And you won't look away first

It's a simple proposition

Said the rabbit to the badger

I am sure if we're committed

We could dig our way to China

Wouldn't it be great to see the wall

And all those people standing on their heads?

So, they each picked up a shovel

Throwing dirt over their shoulders

And with every shovel pulled

Their little hole got a bit deeper

till they had to climb down in it

Just to reach the bottom layer

They went on like this all night

Scooping up and tossing out dirt

In the morning, they realized

They weren't getting any further

The hole had grown so deep that

The dirt they threw kept falling back on them

Said the badger to the rabbit

I am sure if we continue

We'll pull through this on top

Perseverance is a virtue

So, they scooped it and they tossed it

While the dirt piled up around their legs

And in a matter of hours

They buried themselves in it

And we fall onto the floor

Not really sure if this

Is breaking bones

Or making up

Maybe a bit of both

But, I won't look away first

And you won't look away first

I've been going through the records

We're not getting any better

Maybe I've just gotten bitter

I don't really care, whatever

I'm so tired of open warfare

When the point of this was to be best of friends

We've been going 'round in circles

Like a plane without an engine

As we spiral down the slipstream

Of our quickly-sinking friendship

It's a train wreck of an ending

It's the same as if we'd never even met

But, now I'm going through the motions

Like a dedicated doctor

Whose patient has been broken

With no chance that he'll recover

I keep shocking at the body

Just trying to make the heartbeat stay

And, I know that it's gone

But I keep trying anyway

Yeah, we fall onto the floor

Not really sure if this

Is breaking bones

Or making up

Maybe a bit of both

But, I won't look away first

And you won't look away first

No, I won't look away first

And you won't look away first