I Won't Be Back
Fading Promises: Embracing Second Chances
Lyrics
You won't be back and you say you will
You won't be back, and despite your assurance, you claim you will.
I need this, oh I need this
Expressing a strong desire or necessity for something.
I've watched you fall, crumble down for a cheaper thrill
Observing your decline, collapsing for a less valuable excitement.
In a hot trick, like a closed fist
Comparing the situation to a forceful, concealed action.
I'm walking, waiting, talk is fading
Acting, waiting, and noticing a diminishing significance in conversation.
I won't be back, but I'm taking all this time
Committing to not returning but investing time in the process.
A second chance to test the lines that crossed themselves before
Given a second opportunity to evaluate previously entangled situations.
You won't be back when you say you will
Anticipating your return despite previous assurances.
Well I've waited and mistaken
Waiting and making errors in judgment.
I've sat out cold and watched you learn to perfect a skill
Enduring isolation while witnessing your development of a perfected skill.
that's shaded and unshaken
Referring to a skill that is concealed and unwavering.
I'm walking, waiting, talk is fading
Continuing to move, wait, and noticing a fading of communication.
I won't be back, but I'm taking all this time
Reiterating the decision not to return but investing time nonetheless.
A second chance to test the lines that crossed themselves before
A second chance to evaluate previously complicated situations.
I won't be back, but it's all sinking in now
Reaffirming the decision not to return, and realization sets in.
You can say with what you will but that is all I want
You can express whatever you want, but that is my sole desire.
Well you say it, and you say you will be the one I...
You express intentions and claim to be the significant one in my life.
be the weight in time
Being the burden over time.
As I walk up to your front door
Approaching your residence.
Make excuses for the pain I've caused
Offering justifications for the pain caused.
How about my own, you choose to ignore
Your disregard for my own pain.
A sudden lapse in nerves right out the door
An abrupt loss of confidence, exiting swiftly.
Down your driveway, right into the street
Proceeding down your property, straight into the street.
Down your headache and dispose of me
Discarding myself along with your headache.
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