River of Tears

Alessia Cara

Still got the flowers that you sent
 And the note you wrote that said we're meant to be forever
 I keep them all as evidence
 In a drawer under the mirror, filled with empty promises
 I don't know why
 I keep letting you lie to me
 Hard as I try
 It seems I can't break away
 I thought that you would be the hero
 Come and save the day
 But you're a villain
 Your sins unforgiven

I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
 In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
 Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
 The river of tears has washed me clean
 Go 'head and wish me well
 I'll cry a wishing well
 I'll fly before I fall
 I'll set sail and drift away
 So I won't need you here
 Love sinks and hope floats
 In a river of tears
 In a river of tears

I catch your scent in every wind
 And I recall the love we had
 I can't pretend that I don't miss you
 Every now and then
 But the hurt is for the better
 Moving on, it's now or never
 Lost in the tide, I can't keep my pillows dry
 Like there's a sea in my eyes
 I realize that sometimes life brings you flowers
 Then it builds you coffins
 And far too often
 We end up falling to our demise

I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
 In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
 Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
 The river of tears has washed me clean
 Go 'head and wish me well
 I'll cry a wishing well
 I'll fly before I fail
 I'll set sail and drift away
 So I won't need you here
 Love sinks and hope floats
 In a river of tears
 In a river of tears

Cry me a river, build myself a bridge
 I'm over this, can't let memories become the death of me
 I'm glad to see everything that you are
 And I believe that you are everything I needed
 But I don't need no more

I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
 In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
 Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
 The river of tears has washed me clean
 Go 'head and wish me well
 I'll cry a wishing well
 I'll fly before I fall
 I'll set sail and drift away
 So I won't need you here
 Love sinks and hope floats
 In a river of tears
 In a river of tears