We each played our sets after each quarter
I hoped that you'd forget I just played covers in my corner
I'd never met someone up close whose songs I thought were good
And I hadn't written any of my own I understood
Took another year for us to cross paths again
You came into that hole in the basement that I worked at then
And we both agreed to play a song together through our friend
Who neither of us really liked but both felt should pretend
I guess I kind of wanted to go
When I did you wanted to know
And you wanted it so bad that I couldn't hold you back
So I let myself go through it even though
I knew it wasn't right and that one day I even might
Leave at the height of it all
I thought I could deny it if I didn't meet her
But now that she's gone and I'm free of your hook
You talk about music like a high school teacher ruins a beautiful book
That night that you touched me and I kept it in
You didn't think that I would ever bring it up again
Then a few months later when I finally did
You blamed me for bottling it up like a kid
I never wanted to go
It's not like you didn't know
But you wanted it so bad that I didn't hold you back
And I let myself go through it even though
I knew it wasn't right so I finally picked a fight
And I left at the height of it all