the background

everything is quiet,
since you're not around
i live in the numbness now
in the background

i do the things we did before
i walk haight street to the store
and they say where's that crazy girl
you don't get drunk on red wine, and fight no more
i don't see you anymore
since the hospital

the plans i make still have you in them

'cause you come swimmin' into view
and i'm hanging on your words like i always used to do
the words they use so lightly, i only feel for you
i only know because i
carry you around
in the background
i'm in the background

words they come and memories all repeat
i lift your head while they change the hospital sheets
and i would never lie to you, no
i would never lie to you, no
i felt you long after we were through
we were through

the plans i make still have you in them

'cause you come swimming into view
and i'm hanging on your words like i always used to do,
the words we use so lightly, i only feel for you
i only know because i carry you around
in the background

'cause f felt you long after we were through

when you come swimmin' into view
and i'm hanging on your words like i always used to do
the words they use so lightly, i only feel for you
i only know because
i'm way, i'm way
in the background

i'm in the background



there's something so ultimately profound about a song that can make your skin tingle.
a song so tragic and yet it's what makes it so beautiful.