Everybody Leaves from "Comet" by Boy Commandos

EVERYBODY LEAVES

I've had luck in love and my share of pain
I've been held so close and I've been afraid
In an empty room where the bed's gone cold
I felt my roots reach down for a sorrow to hold
I felt all the love that I ever sent away
I turned my back and ran and it didn't chase
I know it hurts to wait and have nothing come
But when I got what I wanted it felt the same
You can hope for a flame or the rain, it doesn't matter what you believe
You try and make them stay but it just drives them away because
Everybody leaves
In a dry place stood a lonely tree
Where in our time of need we'd all come to be
Nested in the branch, shaded under leaf
We grew under the bark and we ate the seed
Under the sunshine, arms raised, praying for rain
Then a storm let down to nourish the plain
I looked back where you stood through a green braid
We had moved on with our lives but the tree stayed
You can hope for a flame or the rain, it doesn't matter what you believe
You try and make them stay but it just drives them away because
Everybody leaves
In the room where I left you, planting tulips on the moon
You told me not to cry, it doesn't matter why
I've got a pocket full of time so I'll keep trying
Everybody leaves

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