Mineshaft II

Fifteen years from tonight
You have to make a decision
The greatest love of your life
Is gonna call during dinner
From the home of the girl that he's living with now
And the guilt he'll say is killing him
He's wilted in the middle
And he knows how bad he acted
Knows he can't have you back
But the fact is he can't be happy when you're angry
And you're so angry, he says you stayed so mad
And he heard it on the street that
You moved back in with your dad
That you were drinking something awful
And that makes him sad
Then he says it's good to hear your voice again
And that it's hard to ask it
But he's calling with a question
'Cause he's been working real hard
He's trying to make a new start
An honest to God fresh beginning
So maybe you could try to finally find it
In your heart to forgive him

You've already been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this
You know it's supposed to be over
You've been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this
You know it's supposed to be over

He hung up the phone
You listened to the dial tone
And you stared at the stove
Until the beeping started
You read some love letters some threats
And some you couldn't tell apart
That you keep under the bed at the apartment
Then you did what he asked you to do
You opened your heart up
Right there on a napkin on the carpet
And part of it was frostbit
But you've always been a smart kid
Could still distinguish
The blood black as pitch
Valves had gone stiff
Veins and scar tissue
Four chambers just a standard issue
But none had room, forgiveness is huge
And you had two full of ice water
One full of salt, one packed with coal
Eager and ready and willing to find fault

You've already been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this
You know it's supposed to be over
You've been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this
You know it's supposed to be over

Then with your heart in your lap
And your head in your hands
Suddenly you had a plan
Wrap the mess in newspaper
Headed west on Hennepin
Heavy with a huge favor for a kid that just turned ten
A flat-chested, gap-toothed girl
Was the best that I've been so far
And now I'm too big to forgive him
I need just a moment with me
A moment when I was still little
I used to sing on the roof outside my windowsill
And I came hoping some ghost of me would be here still
And here you are, stick figure and a busted grin
Still ignorant of all the trouble I'ma get us in
Hoping we could trade, just for tonight
Like I could borrow your heart
And I could leave you mine
It's not much for collateral
Tattered and battle-scared
But I can promise you solemn
That I will be back for it tomorrow
I only need yours this evening
So I can call an old friend
And I can tell him
That we're finally even
That we're finally even

You chose this
You know it's supposed to be over
You've (I) been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this
You know it's supposed to be over