"Bitter Ender" lyrics

Hope is a drug when it comes to love
And I hoped it would never run dry
Writing covered the wall
There was no time to stall
But still I kept wanting to try

Truth is I've always gone down with the ship
I've never known when it's time to quit
As defiant as well as defender
I'm a bitter ender

Once in a while the universe smiles
Lets you think that you're in on the joke
The plans that you made
And the life that you craved
Now it's all going up in smoke

How many signs are you willing to miss
And the way that you stay
When you're cut to the quick
Til they call you a repeat offender
It makes you a bitter ender

One of these days we could wake up and say
That our eyes are wide open
Brand new and blinking
What if the cure is to give up the allure
Of the magic
Of magical thinking

Pride is a curse but no pride is worse
And lately that's just what it is
Whatever we're told, everything gets old
Nothing changes it's the same old shit

How many more nights
Are you ready to waste
On the loneliest fight and the emptiest chase
For reasons now you can't even remember
As defiance burns down to an ember
For the reckless and the fools
And pretenders
And bitter enders