Long Division

His head was a city of paper buildings And the echoes that remained Of old friends and lovers, their features bleeding Together in his brain, oh-oh-oh And once it started, it was harder to Tell them apart, oh-oh-oh And he was always distracted by the very mention Of an open door, oh-oh-oh Because he had sworn Not to be what he'd been before To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder The television was snowing softly As she hunted for her keys She said she never envisioned him the type of person Capable of such deceit, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh And then they carried on like long division As it was clear with every page Oh, that they were further away From a solution that would play Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder And he had sworn Not to be what he'd been before To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder