Everything is quiet, Since you're not around,
And I live in the numbness now.
In the background.
I do the things we did before,
I walk Haight Street to the store,
And they say where's that crazy girl?

You don't get drunk on red wine, and fight no more,
'Cause I don't see you anymore,
Since the hospital,
But the plans I make still have you in them,
Then you come swimming into view,
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this because I carry you around,
In the background.

Words they come and memories all repeat,
I lift your head while,
They change the hospital sheets,
I would never lie to you, No
I would never lie to you, No
I felt you long after we were through.
And the plans I make still have you in them,
Cause you come swimming into view,
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this because I carry you around,
In the background.


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    Wow I love this song! is just so... beautiful. Is about a guy who broke-up with her girlfriend and he misses her a lot. So everywhere he goes, or everything he does reminds him of her. "I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do" is holding onto somebodys ways... he still does what they (him & his girlfriend) did together. "The words they use so lightly I only feel for you" is one of the best lines... he wants her to know that words came out so easily when it talked about his feelings towards her. I love Stephans style! Great song! great Cd! Great band!

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