i had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string
his note said,
"If livin' is the problem, well, that's just baffling."
and at the wake i waited around to see my ex first love
and i barely recognized her, but i knew exactly what she was thinking of
we sat quietly in the corner whispering close about loss
and i remembered why i loved her, and i asked her why i drove her off
she said, "the slow fade of love
its soft edge might cut you
and our poor friend, jim,
well, he just lived within
the slow fade of love"
a woman calls my house once a week she's always selling things
some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine
and as i turned her down, i always do, there is something trembling in her voice
i said, "hey what troubles you?" she said "i'm suprised you noticed"
"well my husband, he's leaving, and i can't convince him to stay
and he'll take our daughter with him she wants to go with him anyway
i'm sorry i'm hard to live with, living is the problem for me
i'm selling people things they don't want when i don't know what you need"
he said "the slow fade of love
it's mist might choke you
its my gradual decent
into a life i never meant
its the slow fade of love"
(instrumental interlude for about 30/25 seconds)
i was driving south of melrose i happened upon my old lover's old house
(slide, loud)
ring)
i found myself staring at the closed up door like the day she threw me out
"diana, diana, diana i would die for you
i'm in love with you completely, i'm afraid thats all i can do"
she said "you can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, jim,
A(let it ring) G(let it ring) D(strum normally)
"for the slow fade of love
it might hit you from below
its your gradual decent
into a life you never meant
its the slow fade of love
(repeat last phrase several times and fade out)