inches

Verse 1

A year of small weather nobody could see

Your crocodile tears fell and the headline was me

A new kitchen full of suckers, pizza and wine

They took the couch and said you'd be fine

I turned the music up to mute my mind

And learned who I was from a story going round

They got the picture they wanted to believe

You in the doorway, me making you leave

Refrain

You left in inches

I left in one go

You left in inches

But no one really knows

You left in inches

Band-Aids pulled up slow

Who got the story?

How's the show?

Chorus

They held you close

You know how to play

You fell apart pretty

I had scarlet A's

I was lonely with your hand in mine

You were gone before I drew that line

So tell them I left

If that's what you need

Then tell them what you did to me

Verse 2

You left in inches

I left all at once

There are ways to leave and never move

Quiet ones, I learned them all from you

Every night now, every turned-off light

Every birthday you sat through, polite

I slept beside you, wide awake

Waiting on words you wouldn't say

I said go; you made an inch take all night

A suitcase in the hall like a picket line

You stayed in the house just to make it hurt

Stayed long enough to tell your version first

Pre-Chorus

No one hears a love go quiet

They only hear the door behind it

They got the picture they wanted to believe

You in the doorway, me making you leave

Refrain

You left in inches

I left in one go

You left in inches

But no one really knows

You left in inches

Band-Aids pulled up slow

Who got the story?

How's the show?

Chorus

They held you close

You know how to play

You fell apart pretty

I had scarlet A's

I was lonely with your hand in mine

You were gone before I drew that line

So tell them I left

If that's what you need

Then tell them what you did to me

Outro

I know it hurts

I know I hurt you too

But I said the words somebody had to

You did it to my face for years

I opened the door; you wouldn't move

You never leave, you make them do it

Push till they break and say the word

People do this to you

Now look at you out there

Gentle, ruined, believable

Condescending

Filthy motherfucker

You left in inches

So did the rest of you

Everybody's asking how you're holding up

Nobody's asking what you're holding

Are you?

Blue pills can only hold so much

How long can you keep it up?

How many inches are left now?

Who left who?

Who did what?

Who was gone before it hurt?

You left in inches

You left in inches

You left in inches