The Long Walk Home

You walked away.
My heels click
As I turn around.
Now I'm crossing the street
I kissed the ground
When you used to walk it
But ground becomes futile
When we're not covering it
And now there's nowhere solid
To stay.

Just wanted something real
But "real" is now the fantasy.
Still I can't forget that alternate reality
Where we used to talk.
I'm tired of one way streets
One way tickets.
Spinning my wheels.
Starting over again.
Checking the clock.
The lights change.
And you've changed.

Crossing the street,
It's all so heavy.
Instead of bending we're breaking.
Waging war on gravity.
Did you mean what you said
I can't decipher it
Lately it's like
We speak different languages
Lately it's like I've forgotten how to speak.
The only word I know is grief.

We're the lie of the day.
The special on the menu,
Under mistakes.
Turn the corner
Walk past the man playing guitar
Who has learned that logic won't save your heart.
And how change spares few,
Just want to sit next to him
And sing out those blues
Send them off to another day.
Another time where love found a way.

Up the staircase,
With all the lights burnt out.
I'm almost home,
But I've got so far to go.

Walk in the door,
The radio reminds me,
That life goes on.
The world hasn't stopped.
And that I'm not the only one,
Who's looked,
Hoped,
Ended up lost.
For not being alone,
Things sure are lonely.

But that radio says I shouldn't worry,
That the bottom line is,
I can replace you through e-harmony.
Fantastic.
Too bad I'm not much for accepting the bottom line.
And the sweet irony of that
Makes me laugh until I'm crying.
Suddenly it's broken on the floor,
And I'm in pieces in the doorway.
In my mind it's all taking shape.
You walked away.
You walked away.
You walked away.