Released: November 13, 2015
Songwriter: Coleridge Tillman Alessia Cara
Producer: Sebastian Kole
[Verse 1]
Still got the flowers that you sent
And the note you wrote that said that we were meant to be forever
An' I keep them all as evidence
In a drawer under the mirror, filled with empty promises
I don't know why
I keep letting you lie to me
Hard as I try
It seems I can't break away
I thought that you would be the hero
Come and save the day
But you're a villain
Your sins unforgiven
[Chorus]
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
The river of tears has washed me clean
(Hoo-waa)
Go 'head and wish me well
(Haaa) I'll cry a wishing well
(Haaa) I'll fly before I fail
(Haaa) I'll set sail and drift away
So I won't need you here
Love sinks and hope floats
In a river of tears
In a river of tears
[Verse 2]
I catch your scent in every wind
And I recall the love we had, I can't pretend
That I don't miss you every now and then
But the hurt is for the better
Moving on, it's now or never
(Hoo-waa)
Lost in the tide, I can't keep my pillows dry
Like there's a sea in my eyes
I realize that sometimes love brings you flowers
Then it builds you coffins
And far too often
We end up falling to our demise
[Chorus]
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
The river of tears has washed me clean
(Hoo-waa)
Go 'head and wish me well
(Haaa) I'll cry a wishing well
(Haaa) I'll fly before I fail
(Haaa) I'll set sail and drift away
So I won't need you here
Love sinks and hope floats
In a river of tears
In a river of tears
[Bridge]
(Wooo-aaaa-ooh)
Cry me a river, build myself a bridge
I'm over this, can't let memories become the death of me
I'm glad to see everything that you are
And I believe that you are everything I needed
But I don't need no more
[Chorus]
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
The river of tears has washed me clean
(Hoo-waa)
Go 'head and wish me well
(Haaa) I'll cry a wishing well
(Haaa) I'll fly before I fail
(Haaa) I'll set sail and drift away
So I won't need you here
Love sinks and hope floats
In a river of tears
In a river of tears
Still got the flowers that you sent
And the note you wrote that said that we were meant to be forever
An' I keep them all as evidence
In a drawer under the mirror, filled with empty promises
I don't know why
I keep letting you lie to me
Hard as I try
It seems I can't break away
I thought that you would be the hero
Come and save the day
But you're a villain
Your sins unforgiven
[Chorus]
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
The river of tears has washed me clean
(Hoo-waa)
Go 'head and wish me well
(Haaa) I'll cry a wishing well
(Haaa) I'll fly before I fail
(Haaa) I'll set sail and drift away
So I won't need you here
Love sinks and hope floats
In a river of tears
In a river of tears
[Verse 2]
I catch your scent in every wind
And I recall the love we had, I can't pretend
That I don't miss you every now and then
But the hurt is for the better
Moving on, it's now or never
(Hoo-waa)
Lost in the tide, I can't keep my pillows dry
Like there's a sea in my eyes
I realize that sometimes love brings you flowers
Then it builds you coffins
And far too often
We end up falling to our demise
[Chorus]
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
The river of tears has washed me clean
(Hoo-waa)
Go 'head and wish me well
(Haaa) I'll cry a wishing well
(Haaa) I'll fly before I fail
(Haaa) I'll set sail and drift away
So I won't need you here
Love sinks and hope floats
In a river of tears
In a river of tears
[Bridge]
(Wooo-aaaa-ooh)
Cry me a river, build myself a bridge
I'm over this, can't let memories become the death of me
I'm glad to see everything that you are
And I believe that you are everything I needed
But I don't need no more
[Chorus]
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say
The river of tears has washed me clean
(Hoo-waa)
Go 'head and wish me well
(Haaa) I'll cry a wishing well
(Haaa) I'll fly before I fail
(Haaa) I'll set sail and drift away
So I won't need you here
Love sinks and hope floats
In a river of tears
In a river of tears
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