Exploding Boy

(album: The Alkaline Trio - 2000)

[The Cure cover]

I couldn't hear a word you said.
I couldn't hear at all.
You talked until your tongue fell out.
And then you talked some more.
I knew if I turned...
I knew if I turned, I'd turn away from you.
I couldn't look back.
I couldn't look back.
Tell yourself we'll start again.
Tell yourself it's not the end.
Tell yourself, it couldn't happen...
Not this way.
Not too late.
Not too late.
I couldn't hear a word you said.
I couldn't hear at all.
You talked until your tongue fell out.
And then you talked some more.
I knew if I turned...
I knew if I turned, I'd turn away from you.
I couldn't look back.
I couldn't look back.
Tell yourself we'll start again.
Tell yourself it's not the end.
Tell yourself, it couldn't happen...
Not this way.
Not too late.
Not too late.
Not too late.
Not too late.