Story Behind The Song

this was kind of a glimpse of hope and peace after the beating I took from a who I was sure, was the "one". Then after I'd calmed down months later and accepted the fact that it was a long time coming anyway, and that I knew that long before it ended, I finally got back to that frame of mind and took the responsibility of not just jumping into something else, but putting myself first. something like that..

Song Description

taking the end at face value, dealing with what's going on today,

Lyrics

Oh life outside the box
now is it easier to see lookin' in
or is it everyday i learn to remember
to learn a little more

Oh these are confusing times
silence left standing, the wake of design
& your cup will always run over
back to the bottom, of your foundation

(chorus)

And so he takes his coffee strong
& says so long to circumstance
she won't slow him down no more
she's had her chance

(verse)

She can't feed him anymore
his love so divided, no longer adored
raise the glass to a future, they no longer have
weighed down by the memory of what they had

For I am still licking the wounds you've made
still spitting out your bitter taste
& here the fire subsides, from a love undevine
that came to be, more than I could bare

(chorus)

And so he takes his coffee strong
& says so long to circumstance
she won't slow him down no more
she's had her chance

(bridge)

Broken glass lie on the floor now
reflection sees, an older man than I
thirty years and counting, of what seems be on my mind

and it's three a.m.
the last call for closure
but he let her go, a long time ago...

(chorus)

So he takes his coffee strong
and says so long to circumstance
she won't tear him down no more
she's had her chance

she had her chance