Tigers
The Submarines Lyrics

The piano makes the sound you play so quietly
The melody you play on the piano is soft and gentle

These love notes, letter bombs
The messages you send me are both loving and explosive

You send them back to me
You send the messages back to me instead of keeping them

Doors and windows break
The physical parts of our home may break and change

But not this melody
But the melody of our love remains unchanged

These not so subtle signs
There are signs that our relationship may be falling apart, but they are not obvious

This house can't make us stay
Our physical home cannot force us to stay together

Didn't I warn you, didn't you want to
I warned you about the possibility of our relationship falling apart, but you may have wanted to take that risk anyway

Make me feel this way
You may have intentionally caused me these feelings

You know I’ve loved you from the start
I have loved you since the beginning of our relationship

But this house can't make you stay
Our physical home cannot force you to remain in the relationship

Sometimes these things just fall apart
Relationships can just naturally come to an end

We might never be the same
Our relationship may never be the same as it was before

Maybe I can never be everything you'll ever need
Perhaps I cannot fulfill all of your needs in our relationship

But I can put my arms around you
But I can still offer you love and comfort

If we tear this down, line up every stone
If we end our relationship, we will have to reconstruct our lives as individuals

Will memory disconnect us
Will our memories of each other fade away

From all that came before
From all of our shared experiences in the past

Cause sometimes our own hearts
Because sometimes our own hearts deceive us

Rewrite these histories
We can alter our memories to protect ourselves from pain

To keep themselves from breaking
So that our hearts do not shatter from the pain

Is that all we need
Do we only need to protect ourselves from the pain of a broken heart

Didn't you warn me
Maybe you warned me about the possibility of our relationship falling apart

Didn't I want to
But I might have wanted this relationship anyway

Make you feel the same
Maybe I also caused you pain in this relationship

Something here's still beautiful
There is still something beautiful in our relationship

Something only we know
Something that only we understand about our relationship

Nothing's lost if we can find it in time
If we work through our problems, we can still salvage our relationship

Call up the general
Asking for help from someone in authority

Call in the major
Asking for help from someone experienced and skilled

We need you now
We need help immediately

Weren't there warnings
Were there not signs that our relationship was falling apart

From headquarters, oh no
From an outside perspective, there were warning signs about our relationship

Call up your mother
Asking for help and support from someone close to you

Call in the tigers
Asking for powerful and fierce help to fight through our problems

But sometimes these things just fall apart
But sometimes relationships just naturally come to an end

This will never be the same
Our relationship will never be exactly how it was before

Maybe you can never be everything I’ll ever need
Perhaps you cannot fulfill all of my needs in our relationship

But could you put your arms around me
But you can still offer me love and comfort