Permanence

Don't tell me that you tried

It's simple, you didn't

You would've woken up in time

To sit and listen

To my official goodbye

Nothing too permanent

I can't say I didn't cry

In a cafe that afternoon

While I internalized

What I thought I meant to you

A little below permanence

I didn't think it too much to ask

That you would let me in on

what you might want

When I get back

So you arranged for snow to fall

And covered the tracks of

Your footsteps down the hall

The wrong hallway, at best

Those won't be too permanent

I didn't think it too much to ask

That you would let me in on

What you might want

When I get back

I didn't think it too much to ask

That you would wake up

And come here like we planned

Ask me all the wrong questions

Don't hear what I answer

I'm living like a guest, in this place I do remember

And I can't be the one to get you where you wanted

We both know you're gonna leave

I'd like to know when it's happening

I didn't think it too much to ask

That you would let me in on

what you might want

When I get back

I didn't think it too much to ask

That you would wake up

And come here like we planned

I didn't think it too much to ask

That you would let me in on

What you might want when I get back