[Lyric] No Matter What 2021 Alternate Version (Kids Can't Fly)

We've worn our war paint out on glistening streets
We've carved our differences in the concrete trees
Your fingertips ripped holes in hearts disguise
Salt streams like laser beams swell in your eyes

(We walk in step)
Like it's all we ever wished for, all we ever dreamed of
(We walk in step)
Like it's going out of style
But all the while
Eyеs tell tales on painted smilеs

No matter what we say, our hearts are breaking away
I know I'll never find a better forever than you and I together
But it's just not the same
You know I wanna stay, this night is fading to day
So if we can't let go
Does it maybe mean we're meant to be this way?

We've been off and on, like a naught and one
We've never held this down for all too long
Lights flashing, buzz beats breaking, heart beats slow
(But we walk in step)
And just hope that it won't show
But everybody knows

No matter what we say, our hearts are breaking away
I know I'll never find a better forever than you and I together
But it's just not the same
You know I wanna stay, this night is fading to day
So if we can't let go
Does it maybe mean we're meant to be this way?

Tear it up but keep it in your pocket
Get it out and dust it off, pretend like we've forgotten
Every looking back, heartstring snap out in the rain…

No matter what we say, our hearts are breaking away
I know I'll never find a better forever than you and I together
But it's just not the same
You know I wanna stay, this night is fading to day
So if we can't let go
Does it maybe mean we're meant to be this way?