Heaven knows how hard I've tried

To hold you close while you cast me aside

It's the month of october and nothing has changed

You're still hungover with that look on your face.

It's a long way down, ain't that what you say?

And the only way we're ever gonna get up

Is if we smile like we don't really care what's lost along the way.

You say that you can't see the light

And I pray that you make up your mind

Won't you stop what you're doing and build me a shrine

Or will you leave me in ruins like you did last time?

Kiss me twice and the windows shake

I'm weary-eyed and you're always running late

Don't leave me lying here in this rubble and dust

All alone and crying trying to crawl back up.

And it's a long way down, ain't that what you say?

And the only way we're ever gonna get up

Is if we smile like we don't really care what's lost along the way.

You say that you can't see the light

And I pray that you make up your mind

Won't you stop what you're doing and build me a shrine

Or will you leave me in ruins like you did last time?