Why Would I Now? - The Decemberists

Have I ever lost your way?

Have I ever left you waylaid?

Have I ever called and stayed?

Why would I now?

There were times I load your name

There were times I laid on plain

There were times I brought on shame

Why would I now?

But I will never be your familiar soul

and I will never see your interior whole

But have I ever stood back and watched you fall?

Ditched your call?

Cut you, bend around?

Why would I now?

Have I ever steered you wrong?

Have I ever strung you along?

Have I ever kept you long?

Why would I now?

There were times I broke through the walls

There were times I broke through it all

There were times it felt so hard,

Why would I now?

But I will never be your familiar soul

and I will never see your interior whole

But have I ever stood back and watched you fall?

Ditched your call?

Cut you, bend around?

Why would I now?

Though the years they may upbraid you

How it all nearly unmade you laying down

Why would now?

Remember when it all went dark

Remember when it first ran apart

Remember how I held my marks

So wouldn’t I now?

But I will never be your familiar soul

and I will never see your interior whole

But have I ever stood back and watched you fall?

Ditched your call?

Cut you, bend around?

Why would I now?