Lyrics
Nothing But History
© 2016 Kristie Cunningham
The phone rang the other day
I didn't pick up
I already knew what you'd say, you'd say
It'd be your latest and saddest
In painful detail
Your message heavy on my voicemail, voicemail
You only want me when you need me
It's only when you're shattered
That you start to think I matter
And that's fine--for you
But you can't expect that of me
There's nothing between us now
But history
In your defense, I have a weakness
For broken birds, and struggling souls, oh
And it was too easy for both of us
For me to step into that role, that role
But I've run out of hands to pick up your pieces
I've run out out of ways to lift you up, lift you up
I've given you all my best peptalks
And it will never be enough, never enough
You only want me when you need me
It's only when you're shattered
That you start to think I matter
And that's fine--for you
But you can't expect that of me
There's nothing between us now
But history
And every time I think we're done
The door closed, the battle won
You turn up, unexpected
I'm surprised you still don't see
The one you call shouldn't be me
I'm not that person for you, no, not anymore
I'm not your first call or your last, your last
Whatever it was we were, let it drift away
Let it stay there in the past, in the past
'Cause you only want me when you need me
It's only when you're shattered
That you start to think I matter
And that's fine--for you
But you can't expect that of me
There's nothing between us now
But history