Happiness Will Ruin This Place

[Verse 1]
A man of mostly bones found himself in love
And didn’t know what to do
Said “All that I ever want, to be two places at once
Either way, you lose”
Killing off other plans, he got into a van
And found a place in the country
Said “It’s all downhill from here, honey, don’t be scared
I’m ready to be happy”

[Chorus 1]
“When I close my eyes, I can see your face
I wanna know everything about you
We could grab our lives and run away
Happiness will ruin this place”

[Verse 2]
Here in the present day in a dark café
There’s something large at stake
Says “All that I ever want, to be two places at once”
And pokes around in an ashtray
“Honey, can you see the bloodstains on my teeth?
I’m not the beast I used to be”
Silence intervenes, she looks up from her tea
Says “Everything goes extinct”

[Chorus 2]
“When I close my eyes, I don’t see your face
I don’t know anything about you
Oh it’s no surprise you lost your way
Happiness will ruin this place”

[Verse 3]
Followed by a brood of children to the zoo
A wonder he can recognize
There’s a moment where he sees in the chimpanzees
Sympathetic eyes
“The problem that you have, you’re living in a trap
Regret, it eats away at you
Two places or one, there’s nowhere to run
Either way you lose”

[Chorus 3]
“I could close my eyes, but it’s all too late
They don’t know anything about me
Oh, it’s no surprise I lost my way
Happiness will ruin this place”