These broken bottles of tears have evaporated life’s gotten him jaded
All the pictures of their high school days have faded since graduation
His first girlfriend they thought together they’d be saved
But then came that day she’d get in her car and wave goodbye forever

She’s doubted herself couldn’t figure him out when they dated
She’s yet to learn an empty life is fatal
He’s promised them a future since the day he met her
She said if she left she’d never meet someone better

We’ve seen the strangers on the street
The ones whose faces sting with shame
We’re everything they need.
Or the dues they’ve never paid
Cause they were waiting for somebody
But nothing ever changed
Like the way she waits for him
To be her savior in the pain

The forecast called for rain
The one night he got some sleep
And she feared he ran away
To spend his life in peace
While the broken bottles of tears
She needed to see
Remained in this dried up creek
When we see others get no sympathy
From the mistakes we make
And all the sins we’ve seen

She’s crowded her shelf with pictures of the past
He grabs her by the hand while on his knees at last
Saying if you slip away I’ll crash, don’t let this go too fast
I want to slow dance to our song until these moments pass
If this is our last