Waltz from Love by Abel Do
Tracklist
| 4. | Waltz | 9:31 |
Lyrics
I see him and I know I don't visit enough
And when I do it's only to grab some stuff
The doors always open if I need a place to stay
When things get bad and I need to run away
He's always been there, this man that I know
Once a hero, now a model that showed
Who I didn't want to be when I grew old
When I grew tired and when I grew cold
This place ain't my childhood home
And if it were, we're all long gone
There's still three bedrooms and all of them empty
Cause he sleeps on the couch with a glass of whiskey
He lies on the couch and the silence is too much to bear
It's not the silence of the world that bothers him
It's the noise he's allowed to hear
It comes from within, it comes from between his ears
He turns on the TV to drown out the noise
He couldn't give a fuck, but he's spoiled for choice
He pours the whiskey and takes a sip
And it slips between his ears and waltzes with it
I go back home when I've had enough
And I was able to come away with my pile of stuff
I open the door, this is where I've chosen to stay
Even though things got bad and I had to run away
I look in the mirror, who is this man that I know?
Who once had dreams of playing shows
I knew who I wanted to be, but then I grew old
And I grew tired, and I grew cold
This place used to be our home
And what is it now, now that she's long gone
The bed's still there but it stays empty
Cause I sleep on the couch with a glass of whiskey
He lies on the couch and the silence is too much to bear
It's not the silence of the world that bothers him
It's the noise he's allowed to hear
It comes from within, it comes from between his ears
He turns on the TV to drown out the noise
He couldn't give a fuck but he's spoiled for choice
He pours the whiskey and takes a sip
And it slips between his ears and waltzes with it
He'll come over somedays out of the blue
He won't call, he won't say 'I miss you'
He'll just knock and say, "let's eat"
And we'll go and get some beer and meat
He'll talk about the brothers, He'll talk about her
He'll say something like, you know, I really loved her
And he'll stare into his plate until the steaks lukewarm
Until the beer's empty and until he asks for more
When it's all done we go back home
I wonder where all the time's gone
Cause I can't see the difference between him and me
As we lie on the couch and I pour us some whiskey
They lie on the couch and the silence is just enough to bear
The silence of the world doesn't bother them
Nor the noise they're allowed to hear
That comes from within, That comes from between the ears
