The Thing That Wrecks You

Album: Ocean (2019)
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  • You're a passing car
    On a one way street
    Heading straight through the red lights
    Where the midnight and heartbreak meet
    You're a bird in flight
    To a house in flames
    Yeah, you've played every card
    But you know you it's a losing game

    Yeah, you're running down a darkened road
    Where even angels might not go
    Some stars have a long glow
    Let it pull you like a song you know
    It might look like a dream come true
    But it only leads you straight into
    The thing that wrecks you

    If I could change
    I'd be good for you
    Oh, I hate all the madness
    And pain that I've put you through
    It's not your fault (it's not your fault)
    It's just how I am (it's just how I am)
    You're a deer in the headlights
    And I'm drivin' as fast as I can (as fast as I can)

    Oh, you're running down a darkened road
    Where even angels might not go
    And your star's got a lonely glow
    And I pull you like a song you know
    We might look like a dream come true
    But it only leads you straight into
    The thing that wrecks you (wrecks you)
    The thing that wrecks you (wrecks you)
    The thing that wrecks you

    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you (ooh)
    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you (wrecks you)
    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you

    You're a passing car
    On a one way street

    (The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you)
    (The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you)
    (The thing that wrecks you, that wrecks you)
    (The thing that wrecks you, that wrecks you) oh yeah

    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you (oh, the thing that wrecks you)
    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you, oh
    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you (wreck)
    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you (wrecks you)
    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you (wrecks you)
    The thing that wrecks you, wrecks you (the thing that wrecks you) (wrecks you) Writer/s: Daniel Tashian, Kate York, Tenille Nicole Nadkrynechny
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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