If I wanted to forget you
itÂ’d a been easy
If I wanted to lose you
itÂ’d a been quick
Hell, I lost myself
for four years
And I might have slipped away
but I fell sick

It ainÂ’t just you then
who was in danger
of disappearing
underneath the waves
it was everyone and
everything I ever loved
slipping out of knowing
into unmarked graves

CHORUS
If I wanted to
If I wanted to
If I wanted to, I tell myself
I could have. Is it true?
Did I want to?

It started as a vow
in some old tree house
you swore youÂ’d never be your
fathers when you aged
But youÂ’re all sitting at this bar
wondering who you are
And youÂ’re becoming those at whom you
once were so enraged

And a prison bar donÂ’t have to be
too strong you know
ItÂ’s how many there are side by side
that keep you in the cell
The camera dollies out
from where your lying in your bunk
But the cameraÂ’s
in the prison yard as well

CHORUS
If you wanted toÂ…

They can tell you that
you wonÂ’t amount to nothinÂ’, boy
Or thatÂ’s what we expect
from nasty girls like you
They act like everything is figured out
but whatÂ’ll they do when
that tragedy comes falling on them too

CHORUS
If they wanted toÂ…