The Architecture
Walk with me now, down by the water, and hold out your hands
I may not be able to put something in them, but I'll be praying you understand
There was water churning up into the sky that morning, sitting in the window in Worcester Square
Like water shooting up into my eyes the night before
Maybe you can tell me, why I've such a terrible fear of tears?
You tell me you're afraid of feeling lonely, and I say you're crazy
Because everyone in this town is falling in love with you
They'd follow you anywhere – And the truth is, apparently, that
I would too
So maybe I am carrying a shitload of baggage
But there's a whole lot of love inside me too
And at the rate that we are traveling
You aren't ever going to know which one it is I'm keeping from you
Walk with me now, through this city – all strangers and conjectures
You ask me for answers and I comment on the architecture
You can't press me for confession, then not tell me what I'll get
It's true this heat could burn us but the cold burns harder yet
You tell me I am safe beside you – and that's sweet
But, at least, let's be honest about what I've got to lose to you
So maybe I am carrying a truckload of demons
But there's a whole lot of love inside me too
And at the rate that we are traveling
You aren't ever going to know which one it is I'm keeping from you
Walk with me now, while the grass is green and the leaves still have their trees
And our skin can feel the setting city sun
Tell me you're lonely, I'll tell you you're crazy
'Cause this whole damn town is falling for you
And the truth is
And the truth is
And the truth is… just mad conjecture
So I comment on the architecture
Fade
When did drifting turn from freedom into feeling lost?
When did I start stopping to calculate, to manipulate?
To wonder, am I too late?
To want you, to be with you, to need you to, to fall asleep beside you
I dream about you, I can't be without you – but I can't be all about you this time
Consider happiness, because you're going to make a mess of this
By falling backwards into love again
You can live what you decide – Your contentment should come from inside
You don't want her, you just think you do
And anyway some day she'd leave you too. Like they always do
You should stay away, 'cause these things always fade away
When did love stop coming easy? When did your heart close the door
On the journey, and the beauty, and the feeling of my heart reaching out and touching yours?
To want you, to be with you
I can't be all about you, but I just can't stop these dreams about you
Is there an answer? Can there be sanity in wanting me the way I want you?
Consider happiness, because you're making quite a mess of me
I'm falling backwards into love again
And hoping you might catch my fall so I don't have to lose it all again
You don't want me, I just think you do
And anyway some day you'd leave me too. Like they always do
Some things never change and these things always fade away
Road is winding back again
Back to the place it all began
This heart is open, fire from ember
What hurt before it can't remember
There's only you, that smile, those eyes
I know I've got to make you mine
I've got to make you mine
I don't want you, I just think I do – and anyway, some day you'd leave me too
These things always fade
I can't be all about you, but I just can't stop these dreams about you
But I know, I know that some day this will fade
These things always fade away
This Day Would Come
It was love – every hour, every minute
The kind of love you don't notice until you're in it
You try to run, you try to get away, but it's much too late
and the only way to part, is to break the heart you gave at the start
So you cry for a year or two
You want to die, you think your life is through
But the sun goes on rising, and you get to work on time
A year later she calls you, and you tell her that you're fine
You know you loved her once
It was on that day she smiled at you, she was standing in the kitchen
You knew she was the one
The wife and kids, the house and car, and everything that had been missing
You knew that she would run
So you kept your mouth shut, you kept your mouth shut
You knew this day would come
You never held her, and some featureless wave came and carried her away
You achieve what they think you should
You believe them when they say you're good at some things
But inside, you've got nothing
You are cold, you live without your light
You feel old, you miss her every night
There's a hole in your heart that just won't stop crying
but your friends keep calling, so you tell them that you're fine
You know you did everything right
She said she loved you, but she left you, said she needed to forget you
You know she just needed to fly
She said she's grateful that you saved her, but she can't return the favour
You know you were a hero for her
You held her, you kept her, you bled for her, you wept for her
You know you can't afford it anyway, but still you carried her away
You know you loved her once
It was on that day she smiled at you, she was standing in the kitchen
You knew she was the one
The wife and kids, the house and car, and everything that had been missing
You knew that she would run
So you kept your mouth shut, you kept your mouth shut
You knew this day would come
You tried to hold her, but some featureless wave came and carried her away
You knew this day would come
You knew… You knew... You knew this day would come
But the sun goes on rising, and you get to work on time
And your friends keep calling, so you tell them that you're fine
'Cause you knew this day would come
You knew this day would come |
Five In The Morning
I call hello, and it echoes
The house is empty, and I've been emptied since you left
You filled the better part of me – I even loved the things that I hated about you
And I hate it about you that it was so easy to go, didn't you know
And on that last night you came home, and it was five in the morning
You took my hand, you led me to bed, you wrapped yourself around me
Said "Put that thought right out of your head"
If only I had known, that was the last time
With one hand you were holding, with the other letting go
And I'm trying hard to hate you, but I just love you so bad
And I'm trying hard to let go of the best I ever had
And I'm trying to keep loving you, while I'm hating what you've done
And I'm trying to remember I am stronger as one
Looking back, I wonder, is there anything I could have done?
Or was I never gonna be enough? Was I never gonna be the one?
Your performance was flawless, you nailed every line
And I believed I was special, I believed you were mine
Now I walk down the streets where you used to walk by my side
And I hate it about you that it was so easy to fly – don't deny
On that last night when you came home, and it was five in the morning
That you took my hand, you led me to bed, you wrapped yourself around me
Said "Put that thought right out of your head."
If only I had known that that was the last time
With one hand you were holding, with the other letting go
And I'm trying hard to hate you, but I just love you so bad
And I'm trying hard to let go of the best I ever had
And I'm trying to keep loving you, while I'm hating what you've done
And I'm trying to remember I am stronger as one
Stronger as one
I'm empty since you left me, 'cause you filled up every part
I hate it was so easy, I hate what you did with my heart
And someday you will look back and the road behind has disappeared
And maybe you might need me then, but I'm not gonna be here
I'm not gonna be here
I'm empty since you left me, I can't fix this hole in my heart
Falling Goes
Alone here, in a sea of faces, I watch you across the crowded floor
I find you in the strangest places – I'm drawn to you in a way I find hard to ignore
Harder still to talk to you, thinking "Quick – say something, say something cool
Don't talk about the weather, can we talk about you?"
I think you're beautiful when you smile
Maybe we could sit here for a while
And just watch all the people passing by
And wonder, "does it show?" – 'Cause that's how falling goes
That's how falling goes
Seems I'm always leaving some disaster
Always pushing faster, towards some vague and distant goal
Seems my heart is always on my sleeve
Singing "baby, please don't leave, we can make it through"
(I know) you will break my heart just like the others
But maybe first you'll help me find some cover
From this loneliness, before it's taken over
And I'll be wondering when you'll go, 'cause that's how falling goes
That's how falling goes
There's love out on that limb, there, but it's shaky
You'll be taken by the wind
And you know how the ground feels when it hits
Still I think you're probably gonna take that risk
Just to spend one night inside that kiss
Alone here, in a sea of faces, I watch you across the crowded floor
I find you in the strangest places – and I don't want to miss you anymore
I know you know my heart's been broken (maybe one too many times)
But I'm a sucker for that sweet smile, I'm a sucker for those big beautiful eyes
I think you're lovely when you smile
Maybe we could sit and talk a while
Or just watch all the people passing by
I'll be wondering when you'll go, 'cause that's how falling goes
That's how falling goes
That Letter
I spend so much time these days looking forward
And I spend so much time these days looking back
That I don't spend any time these days looking around
Now there's empties on the table, and there's dishes in the sink
And I should probably clean up this mess, but my head aches and it hurts to think
I miss the sound of your voice on days like today
The way we would have laughed and watched cartoons, and let the whole day slip away
There's an old friend's voice on the telephone
I'm glad he calls me when he feels the need
But you, you used to call me every night to talk yourself to sleep
In amongst the bottles on the table, there's a sweet green envelope
Up until last week I assumed I was waiting for letters you never wrote
I'll admit your handwriting in my mailbox was quite a surprise
And I should probably open that letter, but my head aches and it hurts to cry
My head aches and it hurts to cry
There's an old friend's voice on the telephone
I'm glad he called me when he was in need
But you, you used to call me every night to talk yourself to sleep
Now, my friends have never stopped calling, though the faces and the names have changed
Believe me, I know how lucky I am – I am grateful every single day
But I miss the sound of your voice when I'm lying on the couch like this
We would have made breakfast and we would have made plans, and never noticed all the hours we'd missed
Lying on the couch like this
There's an old friend's voice on the telephone
I'm glad he calls me when he feels the need
But you, you used to call me every night to talk yourself to sleep
I spend so much time these days looking at the ground
That I don't spend any time these days looking around
Now there's empties on the table, and a letter full of long past hurts
And granted, I haven't opened it yet, but my head aches and it hurts to look
My head aches and it hurts to look
My head aches and it hurts to look |
