Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
Tyler Ward Lyrics

It's not a silly little moment,
This is not just a fleeting, insignificant event,

It's not the storm before the calm.
This is not just a minor setback before things get better.

This is the deep and dying breath of
This is the critical point of no return in

This love that we've been working on.
the love that we have tried so hard to sustain.

Can't seem to hold you like I want to
I can't embrace you in the way that I desire,

So I can feel you in my arms.
to feel the comfort and closeness that I crave.

Nobody's gonna come and save you,
No one is going to rescue you

We pulled too many false alarms.
because we have called attention to problems too many times without taking action.

We're going down,
Our relationship is failing,

And you can see it too.
and you are aware of the situation.

We're going down,
Our relationship is failing,

And you know that we're doomed.
and you are fully aware that it is unsalvageable.

My dear,
My love,

We're slow dancing in a burning room.
We are slowly but surely destroying our relationship while trying to hold on to what we had.

I was the one you always dreamed of,
I am the one you always hoped for,

You were the one I tried to draw.
And you were the one I tried to capture.

How dare you say it's nothing to me?
How could you claim that it means nothing to me?

Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.
You are the only good thing I have ever known.

I'll make the most of all the sadness,
I will use all the pain that I am feeling

You'll be a bitch because you can.
As an act of self defense, you will antagonize and mistreat me.

You try to hit me just to hurt me
You use physical violence to cause me emotional pain,

So you leave me feeling dirty
which makes me feel degraded and ashamed of myself.

Because you can't understand.
Because you cannot comprehend why I still care for you despite everything.

Go cry about it - why don't you?
My suggestion is that you should just let yourself grieve and be emotional.

My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room,
As much as it hurts, we are still trying to hold each other close while everything falls apart.

Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we should have learned from our mistakes by now?

Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we should have gained some wisdom or insight along the way?

Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we should have figured out what went wrong by now?

Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think that we should have learned from our past experiences?

Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we should have some answers by now?

Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we should have found a way to make things work by now?