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The Part I Got Wrong lyrics
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Verse 1
Four in the morning I run it back That sentence I said with my chest out The way the room went quiet after Like a house when the power cuts out I don't replay the night I was perfect That tape plays back like a stranger The wrong one has my actual face in it Sitting there doing the damage
Pre-chorus
So I let the good one go Kept the take with the crack in the throat
Chorus
Leave the trophy in the case, I won't dust it Read the score to somebody who wants it I don't need the night I won I keep the part I got wrong I keep the part I got wrong
Verse 2
They handed me a ladder and asked me what floor I looked at the wall that it leaned on Half this room wears a number on the neck And checks it like a pulse before coffee I'm not in the running and I'm not in the loss I ain't slow, I just walked off the field Applause is a hallway that forgets your name Before your hand is off the door
Chorus
Leave the trophy in the case, I won't dust it Read the score to somebody who wants it I don't need the night I won I keep the part I got wrong I keep it
Verse 3
Mama put a nail in the hallway wall For a picture I decided not to earn It hangs empty and I don't call that noble Somebody paid for the lesson I say I learned There's a version of me that she describes Shaking hands in a suit that fits I left him in a parking lot in Sunrise And I ain't been back to visit
Bridge
Maybe shame is the thing I'm best at Maybe it's the one where I don't have to try Maybe I quit before they started counting So I could say I never lost And that would be a lie
Chorus
Leave the trophy in the case, I won't dust it Read the score to somebody who wants it I don't need the night I won I keep it I keep the part I got wrong
Outro
Put it where the gold don't go
Inside the recording
Four in the morning I run it back That sentence I said with my chest out
So I let the good one go Kept the take with the crack in the throat
Put it where the gold don't go
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