"Fan Fiction" lyrics

Leaning on my good leg
Cradling a beer
Trying to catch your eye before my carriage disappears
I ask you why they named it
The Jurassic Coast
Some guy dug up an old canoe and thought it was dinosaur bones

I'm not a doctor but I think you have a broken heart
I write fan fiction of life, I could write you a happier part

I wish I knew you back when
You didn't have any friends
I know you don't like when things change
I think it's better than everything staying the same

You say you were a miracle
Well, I was a mistake
You ask if there's a difference, yeah, one makes you ashamed
You grew up in the country
Spent lots of time alone
Playing cards with Helen in the convalescent home

You saved up all your money to buy your first guitar
Moved a couple hours north to study modern art

I wish I knew you back then
I think we would've been friends
Do you think that you would feel good
If I wasn't always saying you should?

Somebody used to love me
I ran away from it
Sometimes I think it was the happiest I've ever been
It took me a minute
But I landed on my feet
Got a second chance at the nightmare of my dreams