1

the street is so crowded
and my walls are so thin
i pull the covers up over my head
and dive back in

it's taken me sixteen hours
to get back to my place of rest
and i've got one friend less

i have to look for a new place
somewhere not so loud
but every step outside this house
just brings me further down

and though i've got some good friends
soon to be coming round
today i'll send them away and drown

2

there's a closed sign turning
in every shop i pass
and there is a chill in the air
that's built to last

and there are children peaking
through a hole in a garden wall
and singing happy by pharrell

tonight's my first night back
out in town with friends
i know that i have to try
to make amends

because i lost my temper
when they couldn't save her
and they found me down by the water

3

cut to late one eve
where i'm out searching for
a gathering of all
the old friends of yours

but i know no one among them
and i should not have come
and i fail to maintain a conversation

whenever i'm back home
i'm scared i'll see your mum
because i forgot to send her
your piano song

and i avoided parts of town
in case i saw joe
cus i never know what to say to him

4

one night after work
i head to the star
and i leave a spare drink for you
on the bar

and as i am walking home
my eyes are full of tears
i can't believe it's been a year

so when i'm home i try
to reach somebody who
i thought that i could always call on
out the blue

but so much time has passed
and she is coping fine
or at least it seems on the outside

5

it wasn't long after then
the day finally came
where i didn't think of you
or hear your name

and i felt so guilty
when you came back to me
that i swore i would never leave you be

but i wish there had been a place
that only we had shared
that i could visit
when i get scared

because i miss you too much
to even comprehend
that i'll never see you again