You're a passing car on a one way street
Headed straight through the red lights where midnight and heartbreak meet
You're a photograph in a house of flames
Oh, you've played every card, but you know it's a losing game
We're running down a darker road
Where even angels fear to go
And stars fall like a lonely tear
When they're crashing through the atmosphere
It looked just like a dream come true
But love can lead you straight into
The thing that wrecks you
The thing that wrecks you
If I could change, I'd be good for you
Oh, I hate all the madness and the pain that I've put you through
It's not your fault (oh yes, it is), it's just how I am (I know what you're like)
Oh, you're a deer in the headlights and I'm driving as fast as I can
We're running down a darker road
Where even angels fear to go
Stars fall like a lonely tear
When they're crashing through the atmosphere
Yeah, it looked just like a dream come true
Oh, but love can lead you straight into
The thing that wrecks you
The thing that wrecks you
The thing that wrecks you
You're a passing car
(It's the thing that wrecks you)
On a one way street
(It's the thing that wrecks you)
(It's the thing that wrecks you)
(It's the thing that wrecks you)(the thing that wrecks you)