i count the steps from where i am to where i started i tap my feet and close the door to your apartment and i know you re never gonna understand it s too late for you to stop and think too late to mention i make a move and spill my drink to break the tension i know you re never gonna understand i ll try my best to follow if i can but i would have let you leave i would have let you leave i would have let you leave the static waves across the screen define this notion back and forth and in between like my emotion and i know you re never gonna understand and won t you slow this down oh if you can you swayed your hips and stole the breath that i was taking i touched your lips and held your hands when they were shaking look how we ve fallen upon our knees how we forgot it these empty halls held our disease before we caught it now out the door and down the stairs from your apartment i would have let you leave the static waves across the screen define this notion back and forth and in between like my emotion now out the door and down the stairs from your apartment i count the steps from where i am to where i started i would have let you i would have let you i would have let you i would have let you leave