Why I Had To Go - Bishop Allen

It is a narrowing

It is a shrinking

And there’s a danger of overthinking

It was everybody getting tired of drinking

Every night

There was a little left to believe in

Which is how I really knew I should be leaving…

I should be leaving

Now

I should be leaving

We were clever then

We talked forever then

And the night of our invention it would never end

There was a parting

And there was sorrow

It was impossible to picture it tomorrow

It was necessity

And it was instinct

And the pattern underneath

It kept repeating

Kept repeating

Kept repeating

It’s just how I really knew I should be leaving…

I should be leaving

Now

I should be leaving

Oh and it was everything

Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up alone

Hello

Which is why I had to go

Which is why I should be leaving

Which is why I had to go

Am I delibering?

Am I delivering?

Am I offering the blanket

And you’re shivering?

Is it a play without the passion?

Is it the endless repetition of inaction?

Is this a christening?

Or there’s a crisis

We can get together then

And say how nice it is

Is it torment?

That depends

Which is how a really knew I should be leaving…

I should be leaving

Now

I should be leaving

Oh and it was everything

Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up

Hello

Which is why I had to go

Which is why I should be leaving

Which is why I had to go

What do you know?