[Instrumental: voice-mail]

Hey, Ian, I know you're at band practice right now, but...

(indistinguishable talking)

[Instrumental: Ian & Niki]

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh

[Verse 1: Ian]

People come and go

I thought you were different

I thought you'd be here to stay

Whatever makes you happy

And wherever you go

I thought I'd be there today

[Pre-Chorus: Ian & Niki]

But now, all I have of you

Are these words on a page

[Chorus: Ian; Ian & Niki]

And I'm going back

To a couple Decembers from now

To see how the lights surround you, oh

And you're singing at last

And I'm coming back to hear you

That's all I want to do

I'm stuck in these passages

Passages, oh

And the only way out

The only way out is now

[Verse 2: Ian; Ian & Niki]

People love and hate

But you're just indifferent

I think it hurts more that way

I'm seeing you get older

I'm wondering where will you go

I thought that we'd become a they

[Pre-Chorus: Ian & Niki]

But now, I'm one half of two

And I'm waiting in the rain

[Chorus: Ian; Ian & Niki; (Niki)]

And I'm going back (and I'm going back to you)

To a couple Decembers from now

To see how the lights surround you (I'm going back to you) oh

And you're singing at last

And I'm coming back to hear you

That's all I want to do

[Bridge: Ian & Niki]

Woah oh, woah oh

Woah oh, woah oh

And I'm broken glass

I'm looking through all these frames

No we'll never be the same

The same

The same

And I'm finding that

You're ready for all this change

I'll tell myself I'm okay

Okay

Okay

[Outro: Ian]

The sound of the rain

Tip tapping on the inside of my heart

When you're away

Nothing to say

The sound of the way

I tell myself I'll love you every day

But from now on

I'll keep it in a different place