There is the violinist straining a bow across the strings
of his love and ardour
the notes haunt my thoughts as I sip my morning coffee
the melancholy melody insinuating an eternal discontent
an ache
a low moan of the soul

I think of you as I exhale the smoke of my cigarette
and hear you telling me not to smoke anymore
that it's bad for me

No, what is bad for me my love is that you are gone
and everywhere I walk I am followed by the notes
of that violin playing

Okay darling, I get it, you win
you're not willing to let me in again
and everyone around you tells you you're right
but are they there to hold you at night?
No, they don't really care about it at all
while you sit alone and they all have a ball
and still you kill your feelings for me
like you're ashamed for what was 'we'.

But I get it, I got it, I'll stay away
I'm not going to plead or try to sway
you back to reason, back to love
I can't get past it and I've had enough
Enough of your fears and common sense
and your phoney martyrdom for what is best
It was never up to you to decide for me
how to feel about you, but you can't see

I've done all I can, can't do anymore
I love you for my life and on my shore
is an image of us, loving and laughing
but your image of us just leaves me gasping
for the horrible, senseless gap that you've built
for the knife in my back driven to the hilt
and the result of all this is created by you
it's in your hands now to try and undo
Because I'm done, tired of hurting so much
tired of wondering why I can't seem to touch
the walls you've built up against us both
so I'll leave you alone with your lack of hope

Okay dear, I get it, I won't try anymore
I'm tired of trying to cross to your shore
tired of waiting for you to meet me halfway
just tell yourself I drowned trying that day
You said you'd put your foot in the door
if I went to leave, you'd ask me to stay for more
But you never did, never did, did you dear?
You never really loved me and you've made that clear

So good-bye, good luck, I'm long gone, gone
you threw away the melody of a beautiful song
all that time, all those words, it was all wrong
you regret loving me and you're glad that I'm gone

So I'm gone
you win
I get it
you win

I leave you alone with your paranoid dreams
that I'd one day leave you so you ripped at the seams
of my love and my trust and the thing we had built
keep the silence you drive in like a knife to the hilt

I get it, I'm gone, and I'll leave it alone
the love I felt, I felt to my bones
but good-bye
you win
back to your empty little life again
the one that wore us down for no reason at all
Hope you like it baby when they leave you in the hall
alone
Maybe then
Maybe just maybe you'll get it by then

But I'll be gone
I'll be gone...