I’ve played off devastation

I told you it didn't mean that much

but this world keeps on closing in on me

whenever we fall out of touch



it's those subtle differences

keeping up appearances for what?

it gets the best of me

sometimes it's better not to know



I’ve tried so many times

to tell you how I feel

but forever's such a long, long time

and this apology's for real



now there's a time and a place for saving face

there's a time when it's all too much

through the hardest times

through the thick and thin I’ve always played it off

and kept my grin

but this life's too short to waste on pride

this is the time and the place for me

to clean up my side