Everything is quiet

Since you're not around

And I live in the numbness now

In the background

I do the things we did before

I walk Haight Street to the store

And they say where's that crazy girl

You don't get drunk on red wine

And fight no more

I don't see you anymore

Since the hospital

The plans I make still have you in them

'Cause you come swimming into view

And I'm hanging on your words

Like I always used to do

The words they use so lightly

I only feel for you

I only know because I carry you around

In the background

Words they come and memories all repeat

I lift your head while they change the hospital sheets

And I would never lie to you

No' I would never lie to you

No' I felt you long after we were through

We were through

The plans I make still have you in them

'Cause you come swimming into view

And I'm hanging on your words

Like I always used to do

The words they use so lightly

I only feel for you

I only know because I carry you around

In the background

'Cause I felt you long after we were through

When you come swimming into view

And I'm hanging on your words

Like I always used to do

The words they use so lightly

I only feel for you

I only know because I'm way' I'm way

In the background

I'm in the background