Fading Away

i can't feel the way you want me to
i can't be the one you want me to be
and you know it ain't easy

i can't stay until the bitter end
why hold out for a tearful scene for lies?
don't you know it ain't easy

i could stay another day
pretend there's nothing's wrong
but that won't change nothin'
'cause i'm fading away
one day you'll turn and see that i'm not there
by then you might not even care
so it won't matter

you won't even know that i have gone
until i've been gone most of a week
and it won't be easy

i'll skip the kiss and the last goodbye
hit the road and be gone tonight
but it won't be easy

i could stay another day
pretend there's nothing's wrong
but that won't change nothin'
'cause i'm fading away
one day you'll turn and see that i'm not there
by then you might not even care
so it won't matter


(2008 db michel)