ON THE DAY YOU LEAVE
ON THE DAY YOU LEAVE I LL BE FINE I LL BE AT EASE
I LL BE STRONG I LL STAND TALL
NOT THINK OF YOU AT ALL
AND THE SECOND DAY WILL BE LIKE THE OTHERS BEFORE WE
MET AND KISSED AND STUMBLED INTO LOVE
THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER GIRLS
THERE LL BE A WHOLE A BRAVE NEW WORLD OF SEX AND DRUGS
AND EMPTINESS A LOT
THOUGH I MIGHT NOT SLEEP TOO MUCH
AND THOUGH THE EIDERDOWN S UNTOUCHED
THAT S BECAUSE I LL BE OUT I LL BE LIVING LOUD
I LL USE THEM UP ALL THOSE MEMORIES THAT SHIVER DOWN MY SPINE
I LL USE THEM UP ALL THOSE THINGS THAT I DREAM FROM TIME TO TIME
I LL USE THEM UP WHEN THEY LOOM ABOUT AND TELL ME ABOUT US
I LL USE THEM UP LIKE I WOULD BEFORE
LIKE I COULD BEFORE
AND I WON T WALK BY YOUR HOUSE EXCEPT BY CHANCE AND ONLY ONCE
OR TWICE A DAY EVERY DAY NOW
NO I WON T MISS YOU AT ALL AND NO I DON T EXPECT YOUR CALL
THOUGH THE LINE WILL BE FREE AND ALL MY CALLS QUITE SHORT
I WILL KNOW WHERE TO GO WHEN THE DAYS GROW LONG AND LOW
AND ALL YOUR WINDOWS LIT BY OTHER PEOPLE S LAUGHS
I WON T MISS YOU WHEN I WAKE NEVER THINK OF YOU LATE
AT NIGHT WHEN THE STARS ARE UP AND ALL IS QUIET
I LL DRAG IT DOWN WHAT S STILL LEFT OF US AND POUR IT IN MY GLASS
AND DRINK IT DOWN ALL TO ABSENT FRIENDS AND FACES THAT WON T PASS
IT MIGHT TAKE TIME BUT THERE S NO SUCH THING AS ENDLESSNESS
JUST SPITE
AND I LL GROW UP LIKE I WOULD BEFORE LIKE I COULD BEFORE
AND NO YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ASK WHAT S DEEP INSIDE
THAT S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
WAS IT TOO MUCH LOVE TO HIDE? TOO MUCH FOUGHT DOWN AND DENIED?
AND THAT S ALL YOU LEFT ME WITH
SOMEONE COUGHING WHEN WE D KISS
SO IT S THE DAY AND YOU LEFT AND I M THE BEREAVED AND I M THE BEREFT
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT I M DEVASTATED DEAR?
I M AFRAID I CAN T BE CALM WHILE YOUR PILLOW IS STILL WARM
AND YOU KNOW IT MIGHT ALWAYS BE
AND NO I DON T THINK IT S FOR THE BEST
CAN T STOP WONDERING WHAT WE LEFT IN THE ATTICS OF OUR THOUGHTS
BEHIND CLOSED WALLS
AND I M OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME AND PEOPLE GO
BUT I M NOT NAIVE ENOUGH TO STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE
SO TODAY YOU WENT AWAY AND I MISS YOU MORE THAN I COULD SAY
LIKE ANY ANGEL
AND SO YOU RE BACK FROM OUTER SPACE
A FORMER PART OF ME THAT I FORGOT
A LACK OF RESENTMENT THAT YOU FEEL NOW
THAT BRINGS YOU BACK TO ME A LAST RESORT
DISSOLVED IN APATHY AN ECHOED SMILE
A FORMER AMPUTEE A GRIP OF GUILE
AND ALL I KNOW AND ALL I CARE
A PAST TENSE NOUN A GAP DECLARED
AS I RETREAT FROM WHERE I STOOD LIKE ANY ANGEL
I CUT MY WINGS RIGHT WHERE I STOOD AND WALKED AWAY
THERE ARE NO HOPES TO BE WITHSTOOD NO STRINGS ENTANGLED
AND THERE S NO DREAM THAT HASN T DROOPED
I WALKED AWAY
SO PLEASE GO HOME AND LET IT BE LIKE ANY ANGEL
THERE S NOTHING LEFT FOR YOU TO SEEK SO WALK AWAY
A CHANGE OF HEART
A CHANGE OF HEART
A CHANGE OF EVERYTHING WE ARE
A LIFE BEHIND
AND SO WE STAND
FOUND A MEMORY IN A TANTRUM
A GHOST UNBANNED
SO TAKE MY HAND
REMEMBER WHAT YOU CAME FOR
AND TURN YOUR BACK INTO THE GALE
A STORM TO RAISE YOUR SAILS
A LIFE TO DIE
A CHANGE OF HEART
NOT THE NIGHTINGALE THE LARK
A SONG TO END OUR SONG
DON T ACT YOUR PART
THE PROPS UNDONE
THE LAST SCRIPT CHARRED
THE LAST TRAIN S OUT OF TOWN
SO TAKE MY HAND
REMEMBER WHAT WE STOOD FOR
AND WAVE GOODBYE
NO BACKSHIFTS NO TEARS
THERE S NOTHING LEFT TO PLEAD
NO DOOR AJAR
NO WOUNDS JUST SCARS
BUT I WILL ALWAYS SEE YOUR EYES IN EVERY TIRED STRANGER S FACE
IN EVERY COFFEE CUP I RAISE THERE LL BE A THOUGHT OF YOU ENGRAVED
IN EVERY DUSK AND EVERY DAWN THERE LL BE A MINUTE THAT YOU OWN
IN EVERY STARLIGHT S WHISPERED SONG YOU WILL BE GONE FOREVER
DON T CRY
A CHANGE OF HEART
LET IT FLY AND LET IT SLIDE
THE TRUTH UNBANNED BETWEEN THE LIGHTS
AND I WILL HIDE BENEATH THE RAIN
WHERE DREAMS REMAIN
THE SONG S THE SAME
I LL CLOSE MY MOUTH AND SHUT MY EYES
NO WHYS NO ALIBIS
SO TAKE MY HAND REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
DETOXICATE YOUR EYES
THERE LL BE NO GALE NO STORM TO RAISE YOUR SAILS
JUST YOU AND I
BUT I WILL ALWAYS SEE YOUR EYES IN EVERY OTHER STRANGER S FACE
IN EVERY COFFEE CUP I RAISE THERE LL BE A THOUGHT OF YOU ENGRAVED
IN EVERY BOOK IN EVERY LINE IN EVERY SUNDOWN YOU LL BE MINE
FOR ALL THE HOPES FOR ALL THE DREAMS FOR ALL THE WORDS I FAKE
PLEASE STAY
IN EVERY DUSK AND EVERY DAWN THERE LL BE A MINUTE THAT YOU OWN
IN EVERY STARLIGHT S WHISPERED SONG YOU WILL BE GONE FOREVER
ALL WE ARE I AM NOT
I AM DREAMING OF YOUR SILENT FACES
I AM FLYING HIGH ABOVE YOUR SKY
HOLD OUR FEARS INSIDE MY STARK DERANGEMENT
I AM FLYING HIGH ABOVE YOUR SIGHS
I AM DRIVING HOME FROM YOUR AMENDMENTS
CRYING IN THE GAP BETWEEN TWO LIES
THRALLED IN TEAR TO GUARD MY CHOKED AMAZEMENT
I AM FLOATING HOME BETWEEN TWO WHYS
THEY SAY IT S ALL JUST A MATTER OF TIME
A FRAUD OF A FRAUD IN ILLUSIVE RHYMES OF LOVE
A LATE REQUEST FOR A POET S MIME
TO DREAM OF A DREAM THAT THE HERMITS CITE OF LOVE
HOLD ME CLOSER THAN YOU SHOULD
LIKE OUR DESIRES WERE LEFT FOR GOOD LIKE LOVE
REAPED OUR SEWINGS AND WENT OUR CAME
LIKE SNOWFLAKES DROWNED IN THE POURING RAIN LIKE LOVE
AWAY FROM IT ALL INSIDE THE NIGHT
WE LL SWAY AND WE LL FALL
INSIDE OUR SILENT FRIGHT OUR ENDLESS PLIGHT
PIVOTING LIKE A CAR CRASH AND DANCE ON SUMMER S ICE
ALL WE ARE I AM NOT
I M A YEARLONG PRISONER OF TWO FACES
SQUEEZED BETWEEN MY KEEPSAKES AND YOUR SMILE
EVERY DAY YOU D REIGN IN SWIFT EMBRACES
GLEAMED BENEATH A HEMLOCK LULLABY
WE D AGREE IT WAS ALL IN A LAPSE OF TIME
A FRAUD OF A FRAUD IN PERMISSIVE STYLES OF LOVE
A FAKE REQUEST FOR A HERMIT S SMILE
TO CLING TO A SONG THAT THE POETS CITE OF LOVE
HOLD YOU CLOSER THAN I SHOULD
LIKE THOSE DESIRES YOU LEFT FOR GOOD LIKE LOVE
SEWED OUR SORROWS AND FAMED OUR NAMES
LIKE RAINDROPS FROZEN ON WINDOW PANES LIKE LOVE
AWAY FROM IT ALL INTO THE NIGHT
ASTRAY AND DEVOURED INSIDE OUR SILENT PLIGHT IN ENDLESS LIGHT
THE CARCASS OF A CAR CRASH AND A SKATER WITHOUT ICE
APPALED INSIDE DISASTER AND REDEAMED AS AUTHORIZED
A LETTER FROM A SILENT SCREAM TO ANSWER FOR OUR DISESTEEM
A GAP WITHIN A GAP AND A LONGING THAT WE LACK
ALL WE ARE I AM NOT
LIFE IS STRANGE
LIFE IS STRANGE AND ALL THAT REMAINS
A NOISE ON THE RADIO AND WHISPERS THAT FADE
A SONG ERASED DESIRES TO FEED DISGRACE
A FADED PHOTOGRAPH THE GHOST OF YOUR LAUGHTER
LIFE S TOO STRANGE A HOPE YOU CAN T REARRANGE
THE PATHS THAT WE PAVED FORMING CIRCLES ON THE WHEEL OF FATE
AND ALL WE ACCOMPLISHED THE LARVAE OF RUST
THOSE LILLIES OF SPRINGTIMES ALL HALFLIVES OF TRUST
THOSE BALLROOMS OF KISSES THE GERMCELLS OF COUGHS
WILL SLUMP INTO CHANGE INTO PAST AS WE MUST
LIFE IS STRANGE WHEN NOTHING REMAINS
THE ANSWERS WE LEAVE BEHIND QUESTIONS WE COULDN T FIND
TAPES THAT WE CAN T REWIND
TOO DIRE TO CHANGE A PAWN IN THE GAME
A HANDFUL OF CUSTOMS TOO ABSURD TO FATHOM
A DREAM IN A DREAM DERANGED
AND ALL THAT YOU CAME FOR MEANS NOTHING AT ALL
A LIFE IN ABEYANCE LIKE SNOWFLAKES IN FALL
AND ALL YOUR DECISIONS WILL MOAN AT THE COST
WHEN ALL YOU DESIRED IN TATTERS AND LOST
AND ALL YOU STRIVED IS ALL THAT YOU SEEK
THE BREATH THAT YOU WASTED BEREFT AND DECEIVED
THE PATTERNS YOU KEEP DEMANDS THAT YOU MEET
THE PAGES STILL BLEAK
ALL YOU TELL ME AND ALL YOU SELL ME
ALL WISHING WELLS AND ALL EMPTY SEASHELLS
AND EVERYBODY JUST ANYBODY
A HOIST OF TODDLERS MORE CLAY THAN STARDUST
THE MESS WE RE CAUGHT IN THE PEACE OF THRALLDOM
THE MESH OF BOREDOM THE GREASE OF STARDOM
THE F***S YOU WANTED FROM LIVES YOU THWARTED
THE DREAMS WARRANTED FROM DAYS ENCHANTED
THE QUEEN YOU DAWNED ON THE DRAMA CORPSE
THE FACE YOU CARVED ON THE STAGE YOU CRAWLED ON
IS CLOSED
THE SOUND OF THE UNIVERSE YOU SOAKED
THE FEAR IN YOUR LAUGHTER UNFOLDS
AND I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT
YOU WERE TOO BOTHERED TO NOTICED ME
WHILE I FOLLOWED THOSE EYES STEALING GLANCES LIKE A TREE SHEDDING LEAVES
SO OLD ALL OF A SUDDEN SO OUT THIS WORLD
AND I RECORDED YOUR SMILES
ENCAGED THEM IN THE CELLARS OF MY MIND
WRAPPED IN PAIN AND WRAPPED IN GREED
WHILE ALL I DID WAS WATCH YOU LEAVE
NOW IT S NOT HARD TO STAND TALL
WITH MY BACK AGAINST THE WALL
INSOMNIA
A DREAM OF UTTER DARKNESS EXCEPT I NEVER DREAM
A CTC OF HALFTHOUGHTS OH PLEASE REMEMBER ME
CAUSE ME I CAN T REMEMBER WHOEVER YOU MUST BE
YOUR FACE A BLUR OF DAYTIME
YOUR VOICE AN EMPTY SHEET
OPEN-EYES IN WHITE SHEET TORTURE TRAILED OFF INTO NIGHT
A SINGLE-USE ANGEL S LITURGIES HAPLESS IN REDUNDANCIES
BURIED UNDER COLD SWEAT SILENCE HAUNTED BY A SULLEN FACE
I M NOT YOUR BIOLOGY I M NOT YOU
YES I ALWAYS WANTED YOU ALTHOUGH I NEVER UNDERSTOOD
ANOTHER DREAM OF YOU BUT WOULD I HELP IT IF I COULD
IN A BLUR OF WHITEWASHED SENSES
UNDERNEATH A BORED OUT SKY
IN THE STARLIGHT S CRACKLING SELF-SCHEMES
IN THE COLD SWEAT OF DECLINE
I M WALKING HOME TO YOU
THE MOON OR THE SUN JUST SHADES IN MY DARK
YOUR DREAMS ON MY BEDSIDE TABLE
YOUR THORNS IN MY SIDE
AND I WATCH YOU DREAM MY DREAMS AND SLEEP
THOSE SCORCHMARKS IN MY LIFELINE
EMBRACED BY STARLIGHT S FLICKER
WHISPERED ON THE EDGE OF HEARING
YOUR DISGUST DEFINES ME
STRONGER THAN ALL SLEEPING PILLS
A GOATSKIN COINED IN FATHERS MILK
CHARTING DOWN PHILOSOPHIES IN SPITEFUL FAMILIARITY
A DREAM OF UTTER DARKNESS
SWEEPED AWAY IN PERFUMED DREAMS OF SILENCE AND SINCERITY
A SPACE TIME I CAN T ABSTRACT FROM
THE PHYSICS OF THE TEARS TO COME
I M FALLING
IN OUR MUTUAL REPUDIATION
IN THE SILENCE OF THE TOLL
IN THE COBWEBS OF REPLICATION
IN THE SIMPLE TRUTHS WE WALK
THIS IS ALL THAT I CAN TELL YOU
THIS IS ALL THAT I CAN SAY
IN THE SILENCE OF DISASTER
I AM NOT THE SAME AGAIN
I LL HAVE TO KILL YOU
TO LET ME SLEEP
ALWAYS FOREVER
AND SO I LEAVE YOU
IN THE CORNER OF MY EYE
WITH A DREAM OF NOTHING SPECIAL
WITH THE COLOURS YOU DENIED
IN THE BURROWS OF OUR FAILURES
THAT YOU RUMMAGE EVERY NIGHT
WHILE I WEEP LIKE ANY ANGEL
THROUGH THE SICKNESS OF OUR LIFE
AND EVERYBODY SAYS WE RE OLDER NOW
BUT I RECALL YOU ALWAYS WERE
AND ALL OUR THIS AND THAT FOR TO DETRACT
FROM WHAT IS FACT
THAT I DESERVE WHAT YOU DESERVE
AND SO I GRIEVE NOW
IN THE CORNER OF MY I
THAT I DESIGNED AS NOTHING SPECIAL
FROM THE ASHES OF DENIAL
AND IN DREAMS OF UTTER DARKNESS
STRANGE AS LIFE IN SUMMERTIME
YOU CAN YEARN TO LIVE WITHOUT ME
UNLIKE I
I LL BE THE UNCONSOLED
THE SOUL BEYOND THE PINES
I M THE WIND TO THUMB THROUGH SNAPSHOTS
OF OLD TIMES
ANOTHER CHANGE OF HEART
AND ANOTHER BLANK TO FILL
ON THE DAY I LEFT FOREVER
LIKE I GUESS I ALWAYS WILL
LIKE THE SLEEP YOU SAID YOU LACKED
THOUGH YOU NEVER WERE AWAKE
FOR ANOTHER VERY LAST GOODBYE
TO REPEAT THIS DREAM OF ME
NOT QUITE
AND YES I KNOW WE VE BEEN HERE BEFORE
LIKE LIVING GHOSTS WE COME PAST OUR OWN DOORS
I AM DRIVING HOME FROM YOUR AMENDMENTS
A CIRCLE IN A CIRCLE IN THE FRACTALS OF DESIRES
AND AN URGE TO LIVE A LIFE TO GET AWAY WITH SUICIDE
HOLD MY FEARS INSIDE YOUR STARK DERANGEMENT
DREAM AT YOU IN SILENT AGITATION
RAVING IN MY PAIN TO DROWN IN SOLID RAIN
SCREAM AT ME TO GUARD YOUR CHOKED AMAZEMENT
SHATTERED AND RESTRAINED RESIGNED IN SWIFT EMBRACE
SO AGAIN I M GONNA LEAVE YOU
FOREVER LIKE LAST TIME
WE D AGREED NOT TO BESEECH US
WITH OLD MEMORIES NEW DESIRES
I WILL SMILE LIKE ANY ANGEL
I CAN BE WHAT I AM NOT
THE INSOMNIA THAT WE RE CAUGHT IN
MADE US LEAVE STRANGE DREAMS BEHIND
YES AGAIN I M GONNA LEAVE YOU
YES AGAIN I THINK I WILL
YES AGAIN I M GONNA LEAVE YOU
YES AGAIN
YET AGAIN
THIS DREAM OF ME
GO DOWN A RABBITHOLE AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
AND FIND ME SIT IN CONTEMPLATION
OF WHO I COULD HAVE USED TO BE AND WHO I USED TO WANT TO BE
AND WHO I WANT TO USE TO BE
A SINGLE DREAM TO LINE ME OUT
A SIMPLE LINE TO DREAM ALOUD
AND WHILE I M SITTING THERE IN CONTEMPLATING SILENCE
THE SILENCE SITTING THERE IN ME
SO LOST IN EVERYTHINGS THAT I FORGET WHERE I BEGIN
A PILGRIM ON HIS PATH LOST IN A METAPHOR OF MOVEMENT
OH LET ME OUT OF HERE
MY TIME RELIES ON ALL THIS TIME THAT I RELY ON
SELFHANDICAPPING HANDICAPS
A VOICE INSIDE ME CALLING EVERYONE TO ACTION
MY INNER DEMAGOGUE MY INNER THRALLDOM
A SINGLE LINE TO SELFALIGN ME
A SIMPLE DREAM TO UNDERMINE ME
AND WHILE I M SITTING THERE IN SILENT AGITATION
THE SILENCE AGITATING ME
SO LOST IN EVERYTHINGS THAT I FORGET WHERE I BEGIN
A PILGRIM ON HIS PATH LOST IN A METAPHOR OF MOVEMENT
I M EVERYTHING I LOST THUS I M JUST ANYONE TO ME
I NEED A LYRIC TO RETRIEVE ME SO LET US WRITE THIS SONG ABOUT ME
DREAM A DREAM OF ME