Everything is quiet since you’re not around And I live in the numbness now In the background           I do the things we did before I walk Haight Street to the store And they say where’s that crazy girl You don’t get drunk on red wine and fight no more I don’t see you anymore since the hospital The plans I make still have you in them Cause you come swimming into view And I’m hanging on your words Like I always used to do The words they use so lightly I only feel for you I only know because I carry you around In the background I’m in the background                  Words they come and memories all repeat   I lift your head while they change the hospital sheets And I would never lie to you no I would never lie to you no I felt you long after we were through we were through The plans I make still have you in them Cause you come swimming into view And I’m hanging on your words Like I always used to do The words they use so lightly I only feel for you I only know because I carry you around In the background                    Cause I felt you long after we were through                                Well you come swimming into view And I’m hanging on your words Like I always used to do The words they use so lightly I only feel to you I only know because I’m way I’m way in the background I’m in the background