Afterwa(o)rds

Let's just say it
Let's put it out and make it
Let's just do it
Let's just contemplate the consequences
Afterwards
Afterwards
Let's make the mistake and regret it later
But afterwards
Afterwards
Let's do it right even though it's so wrong
Let's do it overnight
Let's do it all day long
Let's make this unforgettable
But let's make this a problem
Let's make this official
Let's make this solution nonnegotiable
So let's make this done and over with
And worry about the consequences
Afterwards
Afterwards
You and I will take this city by storm
Come through, raging on, raging evermore
You and I will light up the flames
Burn it to the ground
Burn it to the ground and we'll say we wanted it over and done with
And we weren't thinking about the afterwards
Afterwards
'Cause afterwards we'd huddle closer
And afterwards we'd be scared than most
And afterwards we wouldn't know what to do
Afterwards
Afterwards
Afterwards
Afterwards I would have no words for you
Think about the joy that we felt
And think about the ecstasy entailed
Think about the momentary bliss
Of everything wrong and down
While we continued running out
Think about the common sense of it
Think about the momentary bliss
Think about the moment here and now
Don't think about the afterword-
The aftermath
Don't think about the end of it
Think about the now
'Cause we'll regret the afterwards
Because it's the afterwards
That ruin each and every element
It's the afterword
The afterword
The end of it
Afterwards
Not the moment which the afterword occurred
'Cause afterwards the moment takes after it
So I'll say it and say it all again
And so I'll play it out over and over
'Cause I don't wanna see the end of it baby
I don't wanna do it
But afterwards
Don't say it
Afterwards
Don't play it
Afterwards
I don't wanna see it
Afterwards
Afterwards
I don't want it
I don't see it
I don't feel it right now
Wanna do it
Wanna say it's in this moment
I don't wanna be in the afterword
I don't wanna be your afterwards
I can't feel it afterwards
Let's hold out for this moment we're raging in doubt
'Cause I can't
And I won't
And I will not accept this
I won't
And I will not take it
I refuse to be your afterwards
All your mistakes rolled up in one
Big story and a massacre woman
I won't be in your afterword