You won't be back and you say you will I need this, oh I need this I've watched you fall, crumble down for a cheaper thrill In a hot trick, like a closed fist I'm walking, waiting, talk is fading I won't be back, but I'm taking all this time A second chance to test the lines that crossed themselves before You won't be back when you say you will Well I've waited and mistaken I've sat out cold and watched you learn to perfect a skill That's shaded and unshaken I'm walking, waiting, talk is fading I won't be back, but I'm taking all this time A second chance to test the lines that crossed themselves before I won't be back, but it's all sinking in now You can say with what you will but that is all I want Well you say it, and you say you will be the one I... Be the weight in time As I walk up to your front door Make excuses for the pain I've caused How about my own, you choose to ignore A sudden lapse in nerves right out the door Down your driveway, right into the street Down your headache and dispose of me