I wish I was a cigarette
Hanging from your lips
I could burn out brightly
In a final goodnight kiss
I'd have no illusions
You'd make no pretense
Just the closest that I'd ever get to breaching your defense

And yes, I'd be killing you:
But you'd be killing me faster

I wished I was an areoplane
Falling through the clouds
I could take you far away from the mess that you're in now
But if we keep on running
We'll just end up at the start
And I have found
The speed of sound
But I'm miles from your heart

And yes, I'd be killing you:
But you'd be killing me faster
Do you wish to lose? Are you just courting disaster?
And by now, I've got it
Yeah, I get that we're strange
I'm mostly neurotic, you're halfway insane
But I've opened my heart:
Are you open to change?

I wished upon a shooting star
I wished on fading light
I wished that I was where you are
If only for tonight
But I've got no illusions
Of ending up okay
So right or wrong, I'll just sing my song
Then I'll be on my way

Maybe that's killing you
But it's killing me faster
It's killing you
Maybe that's killing you
But it's killing me faster
We're not born to lose
This is courting disaster
And by now, I've got it
Yeah, I get that we're strange
But there's more to this life than just numbing your pain
And I've opened my heart
I have opened my heart
Are you open to change?
I am open to change