A Matter of Time
You're looking for a way out
I can feel it
Come on, show me where it hurts
Maybe I can heal it
Your feelings are your own
Now you keep them under lock and key
Got me driving through the streets
For an answer to the mystery
The willows still weep on Charleston Avenue
Outside that vacant Starlight Motel
I see you
Laughing with your girlfriends
Not a care in the world
Not a burden on your mind
It was a matter of time
There's a panic in this house
And it's bound to surface
Just walking through the front door
Makes me nervous
It's creeping up the floorboards
Got me wondering where I stand
How can I put out the fire?
I got a book of matches in my hand
When we first met
Headstrong and filled with doubt
Made just enough, hustling tables that summer
To take you out
I was falling back on forever
Then you told me about your heart
You laid it on the line
Laughing with your girlfriends
Not a care in the world
Not a burden on your mind
(You laid it on the line)
It was just a matter
It was a matter of time
We'd find ourselves a place
We belong and live forever
Ain't that what it's all about?
Make the promise and keep it
Come hell or high water
We'd figure it out
It was the night
It was the moon
It was the green grass in the garden
The victory and the sin
I know you're weary
Look at me
Flailing in the corner
Here's a towel
Go on, throw it in
It was a matter of time
Can't you see that it's tearing me up inside?
Look what's laid at our feet
That's the wreckage of broken dreams
And burned out halos
And it's here on our street
