In The Process

Curled like a kitten

Given up on giving up all of your useless, used up lives

Holding on to hopeless hopes there's love and meaning you can find

If the words just come out right

If the words just came out right, maybe you'd smile

And your sad rocket ship shaped eyes

Always aiming somewhere empty and away

Up in the sky

Towards a vacuum

Where the conversation's always kept inside

For when it's not okay to hide

For when it's not okay to hide

And you have to smile

Wе were alone

You lеt the tears out

You'd been saving them for me

To solve my crosswords with a pencil

'Cause I do make some mistakes

Remember how I tried to fill myself

With ideas you'd hold dear

And in the process left behind

The part of me that kept you here

That kept you here

Sleeping in the kitchen at the table

With the paper as a pillow

All the bad news sinks right in

Just like the black ink

Leaving headlines on your skin

And dreams of losing all your friends

How you'd stop missing all of them after a while

We were alone

You let the tears out

You'd been saving them for me

To solve my crosswords with a pencil

'Cause I do make some mistakes

Remember how I tried to fill myself

With ideas you'd hold dear

And in the process left behind

The part of me that kept you here

And it's just one more minor tragedy

You'll add it to your smile

And in the process it becomes

The part of me you left behind

You left behind

The part of me you left behind

The part of me you left behind

The part of me you left behind