you cut me down a tree
and brought it back to me
and that's what made me see
where i was going wrong
It was late. I was sitting with you, on a wall by the beach, watching the waves swell and roll over themselves as they reached the sand. We were chatting casually, like best friends do.
you put me on a shelf
and kept me for yourself
i can only blame myself
you can only blame me
I was the one who was close to you. Yet, at school, you walked off with someone else, completely ignoring me. But you can only blame me. I nagged you all the time, barely left your side. You deserved time away from me.
And what's more, I was jealous.
and i could write a song
a hundred miles long
well, that's where i belong
and you belong with me
You belonged with me. We had been best friends, and you said we always would be. But when she arrived, you immediately became her friend, despite the fact she was hardly at school, following her everywhere. When she wasn't there, things were like they used to be.
and i could write it down
or spread it all around
get lost and then get found
or swallowed in the sea
You loved the sea. It was where your Nan's ashes were. Where you wanted your own when you died. I couldn't imagine that day. The day the joyous light died from your eyes as your life was extinguished.
oh the streets your walking on
a thousand houses long
well that's where i belong
and you belong with me
not swallowed in the sea
But it did. You died in a tragic car accident. And you had you wish. Your ashes joined your Nan's.
you belong with me
not swallowed in the sea
yeah, you belong with me
not swallowed in the sea
