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i remember that december
before i'd finally turned 18
and we were magnetized to each other
without knowing what that means

he was dispirited and dirty
but i was ready to rehearse
all the love stories that i'd written
that he would quickly soon reverse

and i can still clearly remember
all the hope he helped me lose
when he tore me into pieces
when he finally broke the news
and said

that he had discovered that love was just a Hollywood Lie
he said "we were born to watch our heroes fall before we saw them die"

he was a liar and a thief
i was a sucker to it all
convinced myself upon his shelf
as i crawled into the fall

thinking that he loved me
and i surely loved him too
and this was what was supposed to happen
because this is what lovers do

and i can still clearly remember
the night i got a different view
of my lonely lover's face
when he finally broke the news and said

that he was going to teach me that love was just a Hollywood Lie
he said "you were born to watch your heroes fall before you saw them die"

so he took me and he held me
between his finger and this thumb
and when he finished he got up
and he put his t-shirt on

kissed me goodbye and left the building
i heard his engine through the wall
but i couldn't summon the courage
to grab the phone and make the call

but i can still clearly remember
the blood as it trickled to my shoes
like my father's angry tears
when i finally broke the news and said

that i had discovered that love was just a Hollywood Lie
i said "i was born to watch my heroes fall before i saw them die."
i said that i had discovered that love is just a Hollywood Lie
i guess i was born to watch my heroes fall

i remember that December
before i'd finally turned 18
we were magnetized to each other
but we didn't know what that means

i can still clearly remember the night he told me
yeah, he broke me in two
when he broke the news.