When all else fails like the daylight

And the sky hangs like a hot bruise

Roots are breaking through the pavement underneath you

These things are hard to pick up where you left them

Harder still to let lie where they fall

Most nights I hear noise, sometimes it's your voice

If I'm lucky I hear nothing at all

That's not what I meant

When I said goodbye forever

Not what I meant

When I said goodbye forever

I love whatever planet you are anchored to

Whatever skeleton you hang from

I love all your little rituals

I love a little dedication

You've got all these killer instincts

I've got all my magic spells

And yet within the depths of empty rooms

Is where we spend ourselves

That's not what I meant

When I said goodbye forever

Not what I meant

When I said goodbye forever

A building rises like an evil skeleton giant

And the sky can shine right through

And you go out to meet your failures

Wherever they may wait for you

But I know that your love will devastate them

Your love will terrify them

I know everybody quietly will learn to hate surprises

That's alright

That's all fine

Nobody I know gets to be their best self all the time

So don't go changing, don't go growing

Don't go leaving us alone again

You'd say, "Myles, I can drag you out through the water

But nobody's going to help you swim"

I see you becoming viscous, turning to liquid

Like all fluid things, you are drawn to the moon

With water's indifference and distance and crosswords

Like pillars of salt, we dissolve into you

This is the ring that you're gonna sling me when I'm feeling overboard

Where the water is as smooth as a dance floor

(Woo!)