(Verse 1)
We've got nowhere to go
I've lost places to hide this from you
So you won't know of my shadows
You won't know of the truth
And I wish I could close my eyes
But you, you are blind

Oh you think we are moving forward
We are never looking back
But as I take your hand and try to make you understand
You turn the other way
You take the east
And I, the west
And everyone always says that these things happen for the best

But right now I'm afraid that if I say

(Chorus)
If I stop running in circles
Stop jumping through your hoops
You'd finally run away
Run scared of the truth
And if I stopped,
Chasing these perfect circles
Round and around we go
You'd finally see the mess in between the lines
Crumbling earthquakes and sinking ships
Tearing apart my insides
And suddenly it will all just stop
We'd stop
Don't go.

(Verse 2)
Oh I always shut my eyes
Hoping we'd be alright
Willing my wishes out of my mind
And place them before me you see
Every time you're here I think we both know -
We're already gone
We'd be running down two sides of a mountain

You'd take the east
And I, the west
But I can't except that this is how it ends

(Chorus)
Because right now I'm afraid that if I say
If I stop running in circles
Stop jumping through your hoops
You'd finally run away
Run scared of the truth
And if I stopped,
Chasing these perfect circles
Round and around we go
You'd finally see the mess in between the lines
Crumbling earthquakes and sinking ships
Tearing apart my insides
And suddenly it will all just stop
We'd stop
Don't go.

(Bridge)
And we’d keep going without breathing
For what feels like infinity
And we’d be trying to mend the ends together
But the damage is done
The ends frayed as they could
And we’d hold onto this hope
That one day
We’d come back together
You know this won’t be forever
But for now we’re stuck just running in these circles

(Chorus)
If I stop running in circles
Stop jumping through your hoops
You'd finally run away
Run scared of the truth
And if I stopped,
Chasing these perfect circles
Round and around we go
You'd finally see the mess in between the lines
Crumbling earthquakes and sinking ships
Tearing apart my insides
And suddenly it will all just stop
We'd stop
Don't go.

(Verse 3)
If you take the east,
And I, the west.