Tourniquet (Lyrics)

[Verse #1]
Can you stop the blood dear--
oh, can you check the flow?
You're trying hard, girl,
but I want you to know:

[Chorus]
You're a tourniquet (baby)
just an interim fix
for my bleeding heart (baby)
then I'm on to the next.

[Verse #2]
If you want a lie, darling,
I'll give one for free--
but I'd take the truth honey--
hey, it's your cup of tea:

[Chorus]
You're a tourniquet (baby),
an ephemeral fix
for my torn-up heart (baby)--
then I'm on to the next.

[Bridge]
Grabbing me,
crying all the time,
sighing,
trying, buying
what little time you can;
let me give you a hand
and sell it to you straight:

[Chorus/Extro]
You're a tourniquet (baby)
and one day I'll be gone;
then you'll know (baby)
what I knew all along:

that you're a tourniquet (baby),
let your love turn to hate.
Can't turn back (baby),
it's all far too late.