lean in close and speak to me low tell me things you want me to know cause i want to be the one you need to lean to speak to me low regretful it s the time of year for letting go wasting all my time cause you just tease me please leave me alone scared of the feeling of you coming home i m leaning out the open windows looking into the alley below rooftops black and the moon s hanging low and the telephone wires that carry the sound stretch across the sky and under the ground and i will be here when you come back and speak to me low speak to me low i ll pretend that it s okay we ll just be friends so the wires say but i will be here when you come back and speak to me low speak to me low