The Background

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 light no more, 
'Cause I don't see you anymore, 
Since the hospital, 
But the plans I make still have you in them, 
Then 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 this cause I am, Way back down, 
In the background. 
Words they come and memories all repeat, 
I lift your head while, They change the hospital sheets, 
I would never lie to you, No 
I would never lie to you, No 
I felt you long after we were through. 
And 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 this cause I am, Way back down, 
In the background.