The Wrong Direction

When I was a kid the things I did were hidden under the grid

Young and naive I never believed

That love could be so well hid

With regret I'm willing to bet

You say the older you get

It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget

It gets under your shirt like a dagger or work

The first cut is the deepest

But the rest will flippin' hurt

You build your heart of plastic

Get cynical and sarcastic

And end up in the corner on your own

'Cause I love to feel love

But can't stand the rejection

I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection

I thought I was close

But under further inspection

It seems I've been running

In the wrong direction

Oh no

So what's the point in

Getting your hopes up

When all you're ever

Getting is choked up

When you're coked up

And can't remember the reason

Why you broke up

You call her in the morning

When you're coming down and falling

Like an old man on the side of the road

'Cause when you're apart you

Don't want to mingle

When you're together you want to be single

Ever the chase to taste the kiss of bliss

That made your heart tingle

How much greener the grass is

With those rose tinted glasses

But the butterflies they flutter by

And leave us on our asses

'Cause I love to feel love

But I can't stand the rejection

I hide behind my jokes

As a form of protection

I thought I was close

But under further inspection

It seems I've been running

In the wrong direction

There's fish in the sea for me

To make a selection

I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection

'Cause all I want to do is try

To make a connection

But it seems I've been running

In the wrong direction

Oh oh

Oh oh I love to feel love

But I can't stand the rejection

I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection

I thought I was close but under further inspection

It seems I've been running

In the wrong direction

I love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection

I hide behind my jokes

As a form of protection

And I thought I was close

But under further inspection

It seems I've been running

In the wrong direction

Oh oh

Seems like I'm running

In the wrong direction

Oh oh

Seems like I'm running

In the wrong direction

Oh

Well it seems I've been running

In the wrong direction

Oh no

Seems like I've been running

In the wrong direction

Oh