I've Never Told That To Anyone
Transit Lyrics

You have to stop looking for the chorus in everything you've lost.
Stop trying to find a pattern or meaning in all the things you've lost. Don't try to make sense of failure.

As if you orchestrate your failures to give yourself a crutch.
Sometimes people try to fail or hold onto failures to give themselves an excuse or a way to lean on something when things go wrong.

I drive by two streets a day with your last name,
The singer passes on two streets every day with their ex-lover's last name, bringing up memories of the past.

And it's a cruel twist of fate how much we lose ourselves to find someone else.
It is painful and ironic how much people sacrifice themselves while searching for someone else to love.

We live in borrowed cars and sleep in rented homes.
The artist and their loved one have no permanent home or stability in life, and so they cling onto each other for comfort.

That's why we try to keep each other, in fear we'll both die alone.
They fear that without each other, they will die alone, so they stick together to avoid that fate.

You built yourself a crutch.
The singer accuses their loved one of building an excuse or justification for their actions or failures, rather than facing the truth.

A crutch to lean, a crutch to fall.
The loved one has built a crutch to lean on when things are difficult and to fall back on when they fail.

It's just a poor excuse, so I won't stand at all
The artist refuses to enable the loved one's excuses any longer and will not support them in their failures.

(I won't stand at all) I can't stand myself at all.
The artist is so disgusted with themselves that they cannot bear to be around their loved one and their excuses any longer.

I used to be afraid of all the things that I couldn't keep.
The singer used to fear losing everything they held dear and being unable to hold onto it.

I used to be afraid of all the things that I couldn't change.
The artist used to fear being stuck with things they were unable to change and the consequences that came with it.

A crutch to lean, a crutch to fall.
The loved one has built a crutch to lean on when things are difficult and to fall back on when they fail.

(But I can change, I can change).
The singer expresses hope that they can change for the better and overcome their fears.

But we need each other. Come keep me.
The singer realizes that despite everything, they still need their loved one and asks them to stay with them.

So we don't die. But we all die alone.
They cling to each other to stave off the feeling of dying alone, but ultimately everyone dies alone.