Can't Break Her Fall

She says today is gonna be the last one

I know there's never gonna be an easy way out

She's rolling round the town with a fast gun

And I know that I can't be there to catch her when she falls

Well, halfway down is halfway out of here

Either halfway drowned or halfway round the pier

And that far gone

Ohh, ooooh, ooooohhh

Ohh, ooooh, ooooohhh

I walk the steps to apartment

With a window by the shore and saw her curled on the towel

With a crack in the door, I've been searching for the words

I don't know how to say, I've been searching for the words

To make it go away

I spent all of last night, the night before that

My feet in the sand, the wind on my back

Watching the ship sail out to a blue wide sea

It must be more than this, with a kiss we can't see

Well, halfway down is halfway out of here

We're either halfway drowned or halfway round the pier

I can't break her, I can't break her heart

She's lying on the back row, crying on the back row floor

Singing, I can't take it, I can't take anymore

Just one reason, won't you leave me

It's not that far gone

Ohh, ooooh, ooooohhh

Not that far gone

Ohh, ooooh, ooooohhh

I held the back of her head

And laid her in the bed and watched the sheets raise and fall

To the rhythm of her breath, turned the lock on the handle

And slipped down the stairs in the cover of the night

With diamonds in the air, I'll say a prayer in my breath

And take a left at the water

To the rhythm of my feet, a sister and a daughter

To the rhythm of the sea and the breeze in the autumn

As it blows through the trees, my hands into the water

Well, halfway down is halfway out of here

We're either halfway drowned or halfway round the pier

I can't break her, I can't break her heart

She's lying on the back row, crying on the back row floor

Singing, I can't take it, I can't take anymore

Just one reason, won't you leave me

It's not that far gone

And I can't break her, I can't break her heart

She's lying on the back row, crying on the back row floor

And I can't take it, I can't take anymore

She says today's gonna be the last time

But I know there's never gonna be an easy way out