In time we learned to wait To gather all the leaves Until the last one fell Away from the tree
Over my shoulder I saw You looking back over yours How easy would it be now That we know what we know?
All this time we spent waiting around Putting off all the issues too big to face In favor of the smallest of things that we could actually do To feel as though we tried something At least we know we did something
Hushed by the sound Of your diastole Tenuous the grasp Til we were asked to leave
It’s not keeping it so you won’t forget It’s letting yourself believe you won’t It’s not welcoming sunlight through the shades It’s getting yourself up out of bed It’s not realizing just how bad it was It’s realizing just how bad it gets
We last spoke about the future And doesn’t it seem naive All the things we thought we’d see?
In time we learned to let The closest ones see What we’d been hiding Underneath the fallen leaves
Outside my window I saw No one was looking out yours The best that I could explain You finally packed your things and moved away
All this time wondering who’d be there If we’d just gone and knocked on the door But we just rationalized that probably you weren’t home
At least you know we thought of you At least we know we did something