Stewardess, Empress, Hot Mess (And the Captain of Pain) lyrics

[Verse 1]
As I write these words I am up in the skies above
I am out of control and I just don't know how to love
I have tried many times but my youth just seem to catch up with me
From a loving father who meant so well but shut down my dreams
He keeps on coming around...

[Refrain]
But you... your spirit came out of the blue
Oh you... my fate was as good as new

[Pre-Chorus]
We could be a dream, we could be a sanctuary
For everlasting love, for complicated symphonies

[Chorus]
Tell me you can see it through
The damage I did to you
Captain of pain is here for you... too
For you...

[Verse 2]
I remember the smell in the air when our paths once crossed
Verona, Catullo in a split of a second I'd lost
It was the sky in your eyes that just suddenly made me believe I'd win
Over a turbulent past and that clouded self image I'd carried within
You keep on coming around...
[Refrain]
You... your spirit came out of the blue
Oh you... my fate was as good as new
Oh you... something Zürich or Seoul couldn't do

[Pre-Chorus]
We could be a dream, we could be a sanctuary
An everlasting love, a complicated symphony
Listen to my self-inflicted blues
There is nothing I can do to get to you
I have traveled far and wide you know
Seen your face a thousand times

[Chorus]
Tell me you can see it through
The damage I did to you
Captain of pain is here for you... too

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Nothing was sacred until I saw you
A ghost of the seasons, a shadow of truth
Out of the silence, I'm under a spell
You are the reason I constantly dwell... dwell... dwell...
[Chorus]
Tell me you can see it through
Our sunrise was coming anew
Every delusion, every move
(Every move, every move, every move, every move, every move)

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
As I write these words I am up in the skies above
I am out of control and I just don't know how to love...
You keep on coming around...