Lyrics

Forgive me, but I'm trying to be a stranger
Oh, forgive me, but the distance masks the anger in my way
I tried to find a little spine to hold the line long enough to shake you
But it's a sured sign with the pass of time I draw myself up to the line and scream:
I never told you I loved you, should've told you I loved you
Then maybe, I wouldn't have to be a stranger the rest of my days

Oh defend me, 'cause proximity's a danger
but within me, still I know I'd never change her anyway
Yeah it's not her fault my heart she halts, a drunken waltz that I can't stop dancing
But when I leave the haze the walls are raised, a labyrinth of waster days and, oh, there's no way forward, no path that leads forward
You may hate me, but I've got to be a stranger the rest of my days

It's long since you turned me away
Yes I heard clear the words that you spoke
But each time that you call it just give me a shadow of hope

They consume me, all the dirges that I sang her
But it wounds me to discourage or defang her day by day
But the memory and subtlety of self-inflicted atrophy are blinding
So I cut the hook and closed the book, refused to take the time it took to burn
But I couldn't shake you, couldn't every quite shake you
May sound crazy, but I've got to be a stranger
You may hate me, but I've got to be a stranger
Still someday maybe, I won't have to be a stranger the rest of my days