I won't be here when you come home
I'm sorry if you don't understand, forgive me if you can
but I can see another road
and I ain't coming back

Don't look for me around this town
'cause I will be so far away, you'll never find me anywhere
and I won't take no souvenirs
no perfumed picture promises
because it's over
and I ain't coming back

You gave me everything
and now I'm breaking your heart
you know that I don't mean
to tear your world apart

I would never leave if I thought you couldn't stand the pain
a letter in the hall
is written on the wall
a letter with no words of love at all
because it's over (because it's over)
and I ain't coming back

And as I close the door
I know I'm breaking your heart
I should have loved you more
instead I've torn your world apart

And as I walk into the lonely afternoon
I feel sad enough
I feel bad enough
and all the times when you are lonely where you are
please don't hate me then
I just could not pretend oh no

Feel the tears
I can feel the tears
running through the years



Lyrics submitted by Willowbear

Track duration: 04:41


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    General Comment:Great song. Very sad lyrics, but awesome chords, especially during the last 2-3 minutes. Mike Lindup's falsetto on the final refrain is spine-tingling.
    Flag Starqueston November 16, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:no, he doesn't love her. you can understand it from the text, globally. 'i can see another road'(another lover?), 'you gave me everything and now I'm breaking your heart' 'I should have loved you more', 'please don't hate me then I couldn't not pretend' (I couldn't pretend to love you while I'm in love with someone).... ' a letter with no love at all because iit's over'.... he's only sorry because she doesn't deserve to be abandoned, 'cos he know she's suffering so much he can even 'feel the tears'. a very struggling song. it make me almost cry.
    Flag seira70on August 30, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:He loves her but has to leave her and hates breaking her heart....
    Flag Tiltcron August 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:He loves her but has to leave her and hates breaking her heart....
    Flag Tiltcron August 24, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:This song gives me the chills..
    Such a wonderful, eerie, beautiful, sad song.

    "Feel the tears... I can feel the tears.. running through the years.. "

    "And as I walk into this lonely afternoon..
    I feel sad enough, I feel bad enough.."

    sigh.
    Flag new_weston January 28, 2005   Link

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