Truce
dresden dolls Lyrics

You can have Washington, I'll take New Jersey
I'm willing to compromise with you by giving you the capital, but I want something in return.

You can have London but I want New York city
I'm willing to give up a major city if I can have an even bigger one in return.

I should get Providence, I've got a job now
Since I currently have a job in Providence, it makes sense for me to keep it.

Los Angeles obvious that's where you belong now
It's clear that Los Angeles is a better fit for you, so I'm willing to let you have it.

You can have Africa, Asia, Australia
I'm willing to give you entire continents, as long as you keep your hands off of one specific place.

As long as you keep your hands off Cafe Pamplona
There's one specific place that I'm not willing to let you have, and I'm making it clear.

We can split Germany right down the middle
Germany can be divided equally between us, since neither of us have a strong desire to be there.

You'd hate it there anyway, take Berlin and we'll call it even
I know you wouldn't enjoy living in Germany, so I'll let you have the capital as a trade-off for something else.

You can have all of the carry-on baggage
I don't care about all of the small things, and I'm willing to give them up to you.

I'll trade the saskia jokes for the alphabet language
I'll exchange something small and personal for something more valuable to me.

On special occasions, we'll split between parents
We'll make an effort to divide time with our parents equally, even if we don't get along with them.

Who forced us to hate them on alternating weekends
Our parents may not have been easy to get along with, but we'll try to make things work and split our time fairly.

You call it over and I call you psycho
We have different opinions on what happened between us, and neither of us will back down.

Significant other just say, we were lovers
We may not have worked out as a couple, but we can still acknowledge our past relationship and move on.

And we'll call it even, we'll call it even
We'll try to forgive each other and move on, making things equal between us.

I am the ground zero ex-friend you ordered
I know you wanted me out of your life, and I'm willing to accept that.

Disguised as a hero to get past your borders
I'm pretending to be someone I'm not in order to get back into your life.

I know when I'm wanted, I'll leave if you ask me to
If you don't want me around, I'm willing to respect that and leave.

Mind my own business and speak when I'm spoken to
I'll try to stay out of your way and only speak up when I'm needed or asked to.

I am the tower around which you orbited
I was the center of your world at one point, but that's no longer the case.

I am not proud, I am just taking orders
I'm not happy with the way things have turned out, but I'm doing what I have to do.

I fall to the ground within hours of impact
When something bad happens to me, I feel the effects immediately and am deeply affected by them.

I hit back when hit and attack when attacked
I'm not one to back down from a fight, and I'm willing to defend myself when necessary.

You get Route 2 between Concord and Lexington
I'm giving you a small, specific area as a trade-off for something else.

I want mass ave from the square to my apartment
I have a specific area that I want, and I'm willing to negotiate for it.

And if we should meet through some misunderstanding
If we happen to cross paths again because of a miscommunication, we'll try to handle the situation with grace.

I'll be very sweet, very patient and forgiving
I'll do my best to be kind and understanding, even in a difficult situation.

Now get off my side of the state
I want you to stay on your side of the line and give me some space.

And if we should see one another in passing
If we happen to run into each other by chance, we'll try to make the best of the situation.

Despite these techniques there is sometimes no avoiding
Even if we try our best, sometimes things will still go wrong.

There must be some kind of mistake
We may not understand why things didn't work out, but we'll try to move on anyway.

We'll raise high our white flags and bow heads and shake hands
We'll try to be the bigger person and acknowledge our mistakes, and try to move on.

Declaring the land we're on un-American
We'll try to separate ourselves from the conflict and see the bigger picture.

And I am an accident waiting to happen
I acknowledge that I'm not perfect and things will inevitably go wrong with me.

I'm laughing like mad as you strangle the captain
Even in difficult situations, I'll try to keep a sense of humor and stay lighthearted.

My place may be taken but make no mistake
Even if someone else takes my spot, I won't give up that easily.

From a little black box, I can say without shame
Even if things don't go well for me, I still have the power to speak up and defend myself.

That you've lost, that you've lost
You may have thought that you won, but the truth is that you've lost in some way.

Do you know what you've lost?
I want you to understand the full extent of what you've lost, and how it may affect you.

So take whatever you'd like, I'll strike like the states on fire
If you try to take advantage of me, I'll defend myself fiercely and without mercy.

You won't sleep very tight, no hiding no safe covers
If you try to deceive me, I'll make sure that you feel the consequences and can't hide from them.

Make your bed and now lie just like you always do
You've made your choices, and now you have to deal with the consequences.

You can fake it for the papers but I'm on to you, I'm on to you
Even if you try to pretend that everything is fine, I can see through your deception and won't be fooled.

Amanda, you're telling me a fairy tale
You're not being entirely truthful with me, and I'm calling you out on it.