Cloud Postcard

In my dream last night

You lived around the corner, I could visit any time

But still, I woke up in tears

I hadn't been to see you in years

I'm sorry, I wanted to say

All my life, I've been moving away

Australia, America

Every decade, I keep getting further

But not because of lack of love for you

Or because

I don't want to be like you

All I've been trying to say

Is that there's nothing you could've done that would've made me stay

And for every hour that I've been away

I'm gonna make it up to you when I come back

Remember the clouds you sent?

Pictures of the sky outside your house

I stuck 'em to my bedroom wall

Kept re-sticking till the tape gave out

I wanted to prove I was tough

Stayed away till I was good enough

But everything I did, I was thinking of you

And everything I made, I grew it from you

Every song, every song

I love you so damn much

You didn't mess me up

All I've been trying to say

Is that there's nothing you could've done that would've made me stay

And for every hour that I've been away

I'm gonna make it up to you when I come back

I'll come back

I'll come back

All I've been trying to say

Is that there's nothing you could've done that would've made me stay

And for every hour that I've been away

I'm gonna make it up to you—