3.18.05

A lyric using the Jimmy Webb method

I try to replace each piece one by one
Dining out at our favorite mid-town dive
An endless list of goals that were left undone
It's been so long, I wondered if I'd ever arrive

Since that day that you walked out and slammed the door
I didn't know this was how long it would take
There was no way to prepare for the pain in finally letting go of a heartache

You used to say that things could only be this way
But the look in your eyes showed what I understood
For a long time I wish that you had only stayed
Now I know that there is no way you ever could

Since that day that you walked out and slammed the door
I didn't know this was how long it would take
There was no way to prepare for the pain in finally letting go of a heartache

And now I'm finally getting over it.
All that time spent shedding countless tears, so many intervening years
It happened long ago; it's not like it was yesterday.

Since that day that you walked out and slammed the door
I didn't know this was how long it would take
There was no way to prepare for the pain in finally letting go of a heartache