A Thousand Matches

Lying on a mattress cos my friend's crazy sister took my bed away Sleeping she looked like an actress In theory and in practice I said there's got to be a better way She said You light a thousand matches When you finally set fire well you run away So why'd you go and do it When you knew that you would go and i would stay I hit the wall in frustration the conversation had been circling for days She said Don't take it out on him For the wall has always been Supportive in the best of ways We were laughing and crying like mad men dying in the snow For just one second it was funny That she would have to stay and I would go I said love you know I love you so And when you love someone Well you've gotta let them know She said Nothings changed I love you the same But when you love someone sometimes You've gotta let them go She handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart She said I'm gonna take this home For I know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark In some faceless hotel room Where you seem to lose everything you own She didn't mean it how it sounded What she meant was she would stay and i would go And she said Love you know I love you so And when you love someone You've gotta let them know I said Nothings changed I love you the same But when you love someone sometimes You've gotta let them go Sometimes you tear it all apart To see the wood from the trees Sometimes you break your own heart To set yourself free I walked her to the station hesitation in our movement and our tone And words finally left after realising how uncomfortable they'd grown See what you want and what you need well they seldomly succeed to grow We reluctantly agreed when you love some one you've gotta let them go