Round the City Square

Whisper going round the city square

Rumour grows a tumour in your garden

Anticipation as the rain begins to fall

And pools up at the gutter in your hallway

I didn't want us to end this way

But the love has faded away

Chariot hits the wall

Body language says it all

It's the saddest state so suddenly

The magic disappears

And the clouds that circle round our home

Will suck the colour from our bones

I never get to win at pin-the-donkey-tail

The children's games we played

As grown-ups we have failed

For several years I tried to plead my case

And all the riddles I got back have settled into place

I found a way to get away

You found a place called home

I found the road that took me there

And found you weren't alone

Now I sit here with the things I need

And then I wander aimlessly

I wonder if the whispering is

Going round the city square

And as you boarded with your ticket

You found home was safer than

The place you tried to make your home

Maybe it felt like home, just now and then

Now and then, now and then

I tried to plead my case

It fell on empty ears

For several years, I heard the

Whisper going round the city square

Whisper going round the city square

Whisper going round the city square

I wish that I could silence it, but you weren't there