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