Coming Back to You
Maybe I'm still hurting,
I can't turn the other cheek.
But you know that I still love you;
it's just that I can't speak.
I looked for you in everyone
and they called me on that too;
I lived alone but I was only
coming back to you
They're shutting down the factory now
just when all the bills are due;
and the fields they're under lock and key
though the rain and the sun come through.
And springtime starts but then it stops
in the name of something new;
and all my sense rise against this
coming back to you
They're handing down my sentence now,
and I know what I must do:
another mile of silence while I'm
coming back to you
There are many in your life
and many still to be.
Since you are a shining light,
there's many that you'll see.
But I have to deal with envy
when you choose the precious few
who've left their pride on the other side of
coming back to you
Even in your arms I know
I'll never get it right;
even when you bend
to give me comfort in the night.
I've got to have your word on this
or none of it is true,
and all I've said was just instead of
coming back to you
-Leonard Cohen