REM - Leaving New York

It's quiet now, and what it brings,
is everything comes calling back,
a brilliant night, I'm still awake
I looked ahead, I'm sure I saw you there.
You don't need me to tell you know,
that nothing can compare

You might've laughed if I told you,
You might have hidden you're frown.
You might've succeeded in changing me,
I might've been turned around.
It's easier to leave than to be left behind,
Leaving was never my proud,
Leaving New York never easy,
I saw the light fading out.

Now life is sweet, and what it brings
I tried to take.
the loneliness it wears me out,
it lies in wake.
and all I 've lost, you're in my eyes,
shatter a necklace across your thighs
i might've lived my life in a dream
but i swear it, it's real
and you refuse, and it shatters like glass
mercurial future, forget the past,
but it's you, it's what I feel

You might've laughed if I told you,
You might have hidden you're frown.
You might've succeeded in changing me,
I might've been turned around.
It's easier to leave than to be left behind,
Leaving was never my proud,
Leaving New York never easy,
I saw the light fading out. Find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart,
Find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart.

I told you, forever, I love you, forever
I told you, forever, I love you, forever
I told you, forever, I love you, forever
I told you, forever, I love you, forever

You might've laughed if I told you,
You might have hidden you're frown.
You might've succeeded in changing me,
I might've been turned around.
It's easier to leave than to be left behind,
Leaving was never my proud,
Leaving New York never easy,
I saw the light fading out.

Leaving New York never easy,
I saw the light fading out.