Coasting Lyrics

The nights pass slowly, but they pass

The days are paper-thin

Life goes on much as usual

Some games I lose, some I win

Sometimes I feel that I'm sleepwalking

Through the streets of this grey city

But then, it's only been a month or two

It's not the first time that I've coasted

Through the routine chores of living

And I'll make it this time too

After you

Today I walked in sunlight

Though the wind blew cold through my coat

I thought about the coming spring, and I swear somewhere

I felt a twinge of hope

I don't expect to hear from you

I guess that's how it should be

There's no point in chasing dreams that won't come true

It's not the first time that I've coasted

Through the aftermath of loving

And I'll make it this time too

After you

Sometimes I take a weekend walk by these muddy city shores

And old man river talks to me

But I can't quite understand: my feet stay locked to the dry land

So he drifts on with the seasons out to sea

The weeks pass slowly but they pass

And I drift from phase to phase

I'm sick of wishing you were here to help me

Through these bleak and restless days

Sometimes I think I'm waking into another nightmare

But it passes, as these feelings often do

It's not the first time I've been lonely

Nor the first time I've been left

And I'll make it this time too

After you