So you've defined your worth through intelligent satire but this is how it ends And you've sorted and filed all receipts for this tax year but this is how it ends A well calculated and thought out budget but this is how it ends Vitamins, Valium, vanity, something but this is how it ends And it's another night thinking I should tell her I mean it But I just sit there as she lies on her side And it's another night thinking I should tell her I mean it But I just sit there as she lies on her side While you were breaking the ice I was breaking a sweat but this is how it ends Far too much caffeine, too little regret but this is how it ends You left a casual note, read: "I'll see you later"; this is how it ends But you pushed down so hard that you broke the paper and this is how it ends And it's another night thinking I should tell her I mean it But I just sit there as she lies on her side And it's another night thinking I should tell her I mean it But I just sit there as she lies on her side