Everything is quiet,

Since you're not around,

And I live in the numbness now.

In the background.

I do the things we did before,

I walk Haight Street to the store,

And they say where's that crazy girl?

You don't get drunk on red wine,

And light no more,

'Cause I don't see you anymore,

Since the hospital,

But the plans I make still have you in them,

Then you come swimming into view,

And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,

The words they use so lightly,

I only feel for you,

I only know this cause I am,

Way back down,

In the background.

Words they come and memories all repeat,

I lift your head while,

They change the hospital sheets,

I would never lie to you, No,

I would never lie to you, No,

I felt you long after we were through.

And the plans I make still have you in them,

Cause you come swimming into view,

And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,

The words they use so lightly,

I only feel for you,

I only know this cause I am,

Way back down,

In the background.

(Jenkins, Cadogan)

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