Song Description
A person is dealing with the break-up of their relationship, through reflection on how they first met and subsequent scenes from the relationship's decline.
Song Length |
4:52 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Jazz - Contemporary |
Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Poignant, Troubled |
Subject |
Regret, Breaking Up |
Similar Artists |
Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I looked up and there you were
In the middle of a dark dream
In the street
A mystery to me
You saw me through the lens
The lens of consequence
I shudder at the thought
Of what you must have seen
What was he to you?
What were you to him?
Whatever it was, it never could have been
What did he have to say?
How could he have known?
Whatever it was, it sure is over now
How could you lose?
How could you lose?
How could you choose?
I saw you cut the rose
And lay it on the pillow
In a poem
Colouring the sound
You turned on the radio
Like you knew it was over
Zoned in on the news of the war
What was he to you?
What were you to him?
Whatever it was, it never could have been
What did he have to say?
How could he have known?
Whatever it was, it sure is over now
How could you lose?
How could you lose?
How could you choose?
And when it all came crashing down the stairs
You never called, you never stopped to find out what was left
And if I needed more than a breath of fresh air
I never called, I never stopped to find out who was there