Mineshaft II

Fifteen years from tonight, you have to make a decision The greatest love of your life is gonna call during dinner From the home of the girl that he's living with now And the guilt, he'll say, is killing him, he's wilted in the middle And he knows how bad he acted, knows he can't have you back But the fact is he can't be happy when you're angry And you're so angry He says you stayed so mad, and he heard it on the street that You moved back in with your dad That you were drinking something awful, that makes him sad And then he says it's good to hear your voice again And that it's hard to ask it, but he's calling with a question 'Cause he's been working real hard, he's trying to make a new start An honest-to-God fresh beginning So maybe you could try to finally find it in your heart to forgive him But you've already been here before You already know where it goes You chose this, you know It's supposed to be over You've been here before You already know where it goes You chose this, you know It's supposed to be over You hung up the phone, you listened to the dial tone And then you stared at the stove until the beeping started You read some love letters, some threats And some you couldn't tell apart That you keep under the bed at the apartment Then you did what he asked you to do You opened your heart up right there on a napkin on the carpet Part of it was frostbit, but you've always been a smart kid Could still distinguish blood black as pitch Valves had gone stiff, veins and scar tissue Four chambers, just a standard issue But none had room, forgiveness is huge And you had two full of ice water, one full of salt One packed with coal Eager and ready and willing to find fault You've already been here before You already know where it goes You chose this, you know It's supposed to be over You've been here before You already know where it goes You chose this, you know It's supposed to be over Then with your heart in your lap, your head in your hands Suddenly you had a plan Wrapped the mess in newspaper, headed west on Hennepin Heavy with a huge favor for a kid that just turned ten A flat-chested, gap-toothed girl was the best thing I've been so far And now I'm too big to forgive him I need just a moment with me, a moment when I was still little I used to sing from the roof outside my windowsill I came hoping some ghost of me would be here still Here you are, stick figure and a busted grin Still ignorant of all the trouble I'mma get us in Hoping we could trade, like, just for tonight I could borrow your heart, you could borrow mine Not much for collateral, tattered and battle-scarred But I can promise you solemn I'll be back for it tomorrow I only need yours this evening so I can call an old friend And I can tell him that we're finally even But you've already been here before You already know where it goes You chose this, you know It's supposed to be over You've been here before You already know where it goes You chose this, you know It's supposed to be over You've been here before And you know where it goes