Reckoning (live)

you can doubt anything
 if you think about it long enough
 cuz what happened always adjusts to fit
 what happened after that
 and it's hard to feel like you are free
 when all you seem to do is referee
 remember when it was just you and me
 steppin' up to bat?
 and win or lose
 just that you choose this little war
 is what kills you
 and either/or it's that this war
 is maybe also what thrills you
 we thought we left possession behind
 but truth is i was yours and you were mine
 and now i've replayed a thousand times
 exactly what was said
 cuz nothing is as it appears
 in the funhouse mirrors of your fears
 on the roller coaster of all these years
 with your hands above your head
 and win or lose
 just that you choose this little war
 is what kills you
 and either/or it's that this war
 is maybe also what thrills you
 i don't care how fast you run
 just tell me, baby, that when you're done
 with your little marathon
 you still got cab fare home
 cuz the finish line is a shifty thing
 and what is life but reckoning
 and, you know
 you are still the song i sing
 to myself
 when i'm alone
 and win or lose just that we choose
 this little war is what kills us
 and either/or it's that this war
 is maybe also what thrills us