Keep Them Alive

I wanted to know if I could
 Scare you first
 If I could scare you first
 Then I wouldn't have tried
 To get up the nerve to
 Open the closet
 Or to reach up and to find the bullets to the gun
 To find the bullets to this gun
 I wanted to see if I could damage it
 If I could damage it
 Then I Wouldn't have lied
 To Emily's father
 About how the window broke
 I told him we were just playing a game of catch
 We were just playing a game of catch
 And just after explaining
 That I couldn't take it back
 I couldn't give it back
 I shoulda take back take back tell you that
 We will keep them alive (2x)
 We take the high tide
 We keep them alive
 I happened to be
 At the pavilion when
 At the pavilion
 When it was returned to the lake
 Under the aspen
 Follow the anchor check the cooler buckets and
 Since you know for sure
 Not saying unless you know for one
 I wanted to know if I could bury first
 IF I could dare say worse
 Worse is coming this is the worst
 Over the aspen
 This piece of fire does it match
 This piece of fire does it match
 And just after explaining that I couldn't take it back
 I couldn't give it back
 I shoulda t-t-tell you that
 We will keep them alive (2x)
 We take the high tide
 We keep them alive
 (background 'ah')