People Are So Fickle Lyrics - Singles - Kevin Devine

Ohh, baby, baby, please 

I feel an urgent need to apologize 

I did a terrible thing in a terrible dream 

And now I can't look you in the eye 

It started, we were out on a date and you turned to say 

I gotta tell you something odd 

I know I said we'd get married but I'm already married 

And that's when you laughed so hard 

So I turned and swung 

I woke up in a shock 

Nails digging blood 

From the base of my palms 

Because people are so fickle 

They fall in love at different angles 

Really I could lose you 

Just as quickly as I've gotten you 

And that's the kind of thought that makes me nervous 

And worried if you'll really think I'm worth it 

When the rush wears off 

And you're left with this busted person 

But if you tell me you will, I will do what I can to believe it 

So baby, all these things that I've seen 

Last night while asleep 

This morning, they're messing with me 

And now I'm anxious as hell and looking for help 

Something placid and painless 

Some story to tell 

With a through line of calm 

That could stop me from being myself 

'Cause all I think is how I wanna be your fever 

Just to know I make you heated 

'Cause I worry you might see me more like a blanket 

Who's there for comfort and for cover 

From the glare of former lovers 

All that passion that kissed you and bit you till you were devoured 

And I'd like to get better 'cause thinking like this is torture 

And if I can't stop it you'll get sick of bearing crosses 

And you'll jump to cut your losses 

You'll go get quarantined somewhere far from me 

Where it's much less dangerous 

Maybe if I wake up and quit dreaming 

I can shake the shit I'm fearing 

And I can feel I could just 

Freaking out for no good reasons 

Tell you what, it's a line I can cross 

Once I get there, I'm not ever leaving