Short Way Down

Isn't this surprising
You're leaving me
No way to return
After all the ups and downs
Why'd you have to hang me
By my word

It's a long way up
Short way down

I know I've never been the person
I promised you I would be
(Long way up)
I know we've never seen the places
I told you once we would see
(Short way down)
We'd have gotten there in time I know

Long way up
Short way down

Facing only failure
The images are haunting me at night
It's a sickness still inside me
The acid tracks you've left
Have stained my life

It's a long way up
Short way down

I know I've never been the person
I promised you I would be
(Long way up)
I know we've never seen the places
I told you once we would see
(Short way down)
We'd have gotten there in time I know

Long way up
Short way down

Fighting over time that's wasted
Creates wasted time
You've looked in other lonely faces
Now look in mine

It wasn't so surprising
Your leaving me with no way to return
After all the ups and downs
I guess you had to hang me by my word

It's a long way up
Short way down

I know I've never been the person
I promised you I would be
(Long way up)
I know we've never seen the places
I told you once we would see
(Short way down)
We'd have gotten there in time I know

Long way up
Short way down