I walked through the door with youThe air was coldBut something 'bout it felt like home somehowAnd I, left my scarf there at your sister's houseAnd you've still got it in your drawer even now
Oh, your sweet dispositionAnd my wide-eyed gazeWe're singing in the car, getting lost upstateAutumn leaves falling down like pieces into placeAnd I can picture it after all these days
And I know it's long gone and that magic's not here no moreAnd I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all
'Cause there we are again on that little town streetYou almost ran the red 'cause you were looking over at meWind in my hair, I was thereI remember it all too well
Photo album on the counterYour cheeks were turning redYou used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bedAnd your mother's telling stories 'bout you on the tee-ball teamYou told me 'bout your past thinking your future was me
And you were tossing me the car keys"F- the patriarchy" keychain on the groundWe were always skipping townAnd I was thinking on the drive downAny time now, he's gonna say it's loveYou never called it what it was
'Til we were dead and gone and buriedCheck the pulse and come back swearing it's the sameAfter three months in the graveAnd then you wondered where it went to as I reached for youBut all I felt was shame, and you held my lifeless frame
And I know it's long gone, and there was nothing else I could doAnd I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to
'Cause there we are again in the middle of the nightWe're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator lightDown the stairs, I was thereI remember it all too well
And there we are again when nobody had to knowYou kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oathSacred prayer and we'd swearTo remember it all too well
Well, maybe we got lost in translationMaybe I asked for too muchBut maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all upRunning scared, I was thereI remember it all too well
And you call me up again just to break me like a promiseSo casually cruel in the name of being honestI'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here'Cause I remember it all, all, all
They say all's well that ends well, but I'm in a new hellEvery time you double-cross my mindYou said if we had been closer in age, maybe it would have been fineAnd that made me want to dieThe idea you had of me, who was she?A never-needy ever, lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you
Not weeping in a party bathroomSome actress asking me what happenedYou, that's what happened, youYou who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokesSipping coffee like you're on a late night showBut then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to comeAnd he said, "It's supposed to be fun turning 21"
Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by itI'd like to be my old self againBut I'm still trying to find itAfter plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your ownNow you mail back my things, and I walk home aloneBut you keep my old scarf from that very first week'Cause it reminds you of innocence, and it smells like meYou can't get rid of it'Cause you remember it all too well, yeah
'Cause there we are again when I loved you soBack before you lost the one real thing you've ever knownIt was rare, I was there, I remember it all too wellWind in my hair, you were there, you remember it allDown the stairs, you were there, you remember it allIt was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well
And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punchline goes"I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age"From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bonesI'm a soldier who's returning half her weight
And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?Just between us, did the love affair maim you too?'Cause in this city's barren cold, I still remember the first fall of snowAnd how it glistened as it fellI remember it all too well
Just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well?Just between us, do you remember it all too well?Just between us, I remember (just between us) it all too well
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was thereDown the stairs, I was there, I was thereSacred prayer, I was there, I was thereIt was rare, you remember it all too well
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was thereDown the stairs, I was there, I was thereSacred prayer, I was there, I was thereIt was rare, you remember it
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was thereDown the stairs, I was there, I was thereSacred prayer, I was there, I was thereIt was rare, you remember it
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was thereDown the stairs, I was there, I was thereSacred prayer, I was there, I was thereIt was rare, you remember it