Moonface - Quickfire, I Tried lyrics

Quickfire, I tried to be your solitude And to border and protect and to greet you Quickfire, I tried to be fun But by the time that I was drunk you were gone And quickfire, I tried to not be sad But the fabric wore away upon my knee And quickfire, I tried to be romantic But the silver is still waiting on the mantle Where your mother left it sitting last fall Aa-da-da And quickfire, I tried to take your gifts But I cannot change the way I hate most objects And quickfire, I thought about the prize But they told me that I'd have to compromise And quickfire, I tried to be good But my fathers live inside me like old servants And quickfire, I tried to not go crazy But the winter got inside me anyway And it knows how long to stay Aa-da-da Quickfire, are we bound to be alone? Or be together like a stone is with a stone? Quickfire, we are bound to be alone Or be together like a stone is with a stone [ extra lyrics added in live version] And Quickfire I have tried to be a genius But my mind is in a million f**ing pieces And I have tried to grow old And I have tried to be an athlete But inside I am still nineteen thinking why not seventeen And quickfire, I have tried to settle down But I am lifted by the sirens in my blood And they are not done their song Aa-da-da