Heaven knows how hard I've tried To hold you close while you cast me aside It's the month of October and nothing has changed You're still hungover with that look on your face It's a long way down, ain't that what you say? And the only way we're ever gonna get up Is if we smile like we don't really care what's lost along the way You say that you can't see the light And I pray that you make up your mind Won't you stop what you're doing and build me a shrine Or will you leave me in ruins like you did last time? Kiss me twice and the windows shake I'm weary-eyed and you're always running late Don't leave me lying here in this rubble and dust All alone and crying trying to crawl back up And it's a long way down, ain't that what you say? And the only way we're ever gonna get up Is if we smile like we don't really care what's lost along the way You say that you can't see the light And I pray that you make up your mind Won't you stop what you're doing and build me a shrine Or will you leave me in ruins like you did last time?