The Irony Of A You Turn

I'm building up barricades that I'll die behind
I'm not giving up anything if it means we'll survive
I'll put down this guitar and I'll bust out the fiddle
I'm as dead as the winter, so I'll leave you with this riddle
What's black and blue and red all over?
The pens I used and the blood-spilled closure
How many licks does it take 'til you get
To the candy-coated center of life's regret?

I'm building buildings on buildings as if to measure up
I'm coming closer to closing and then I'm closing up

I'm hanging by your lever

(Chorus)
Pull it together, kid I can't make this better
She said go find a new one or liquid solution
Here's a pillow to scream in when you wake up that feeling
Go live your life, you can't smile without sacrifice

The shirt I wore when I tore at the seams
Is hanging in my room as a casualty
And I still hold your hand in the passenger seat
When nobody's there and they'll never be
I was scared to admit that I was afraid
If my love's such a chore I'm on my hands and knees
Buffing out these scratches you left me for
I can get it clean, or they'll bleach me off the floor

I'm building buildings on buildings as if to measure up
I'm coming closer to closing and then I'm closing up

I'm still hanging by your lever

(Chorus)

I look back in reverse
Through the best and the worst
Every kiss, every fight
Every day, every night
Driving home from your place
Just to go back and fourth
'Cause you called, please come back
Now you're lying on the floor

I left to move on
But I'm still suck in traffic
I'll make this u-turn
Or else I'll get my ass kicked