Left And Leaving Lyrics

Left And Leaving lyrics

My city's still breathing (but barely it's true)
through buildings gone
missing like teeth.
The sidewalks are watching me think about you,
all
sparkled with broken glass.
I'm back with scars to show.
Back with the
streets I know.
They never take me anywhere but here.
Those stains in the
carpet, this drink in my hand,
these strangers whose faces I know.
We meet
here for our dress-rehearsal to say " I wanted it this way"
and
wait for the year to drown.
Spring forward, fall back down.
I'm trying
not to wonder where you are.
All this time lingers, undefined.
Someone
choose who's left and who's leaving.
Memory will rust and erode into lists
of all that you gave me:
a blanket, some matches, this pain in my
chest,
the best parts of Lonely, duct-tape and soldered wires,
new words
for old desires,
and every birthday card I threw away.
I wait in 4/4
time.
Count yellow highway lines that you're relying on to lead you home.