Long Division

His head was a city
With paper buildings
And the echoes that remain
Of old friends and lovers
Their features bleeding
Together in his brain, oh-ho-ho

Once you start, it's harder to
Tell them apart, oh-ho-ho

He was always distracted
By the very mention
Of an open door, oh-ho-ho

'Cause he'd sworn
Not to be where he'd been before
To be a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
To be a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder

The television
Was snowing softly
As she hunted for her keys
She said she never envisioned
Him the type of person
Capable of such deceit, oh-ho-ho
Oh-ho-ho

And then they carried on like
Long division
'Cause it was clear with every page, oh that they
Were further away from a solution that would play
Without a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
Without a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
Without a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
Without a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder

He had sworn
Not to be what he'd been before
To be a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
To be a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
To be a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
To be a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
To be a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder
To be a remain-, remain-, remain-, remainder