A Man / Me / Then Jim - Rilo Kiley

I had one friend in high school, recently he hung himself with string

His note said, «If living is the problem, well that’s just baffling»

And at the wake I waited around to see my ex-first love

And I barely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was thinking of

We sat quietly in the corner, whispering close about loss

And I remembered why I loved her, and I asked her why I drove her off

She said, «The slow fade of love

It’s soft edge might cut you

And our poor friend, Jim

Well, he just lived within

The slow fade of love»

A woman calls my house once a week, she’s always selling things

Some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine

And as I turned her down, I always do

There was something trembling in her voice

I said, «Hey, what troubles you?»

She said, «I'm surprised you noticed

Well, my husband he’s leaving, and I can’t convince him to stay

And he’ll take our daughter with him, she wants to go with him anyway

I’m sorry I’m hard to live with, but living is the problem for me

I’m selling people things they don’t want when I don’t know what you need»

He said, «The slow fade of love

And its mist might choke you

It’s my gradual descent

Into a life I never meant

It’s the slow fade of love»

I was driving south of Melrose, I happened upon my old lover’s house

I found myself staring at the closed oak door like the day she threw me out

Dianna, Dianna, Dianna, I would die for you

I’m in love with you completely, I’m afraid that’s all I can do

She said, «You can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, Jim

But my mind is made up and I’ll never let you in again»

For the slow fade of love

It might hit you from below

It’s your gradual descent

Into a life you never meant

It’s the slow fade of love

It’s the slow fade of love

It’s the slow fade of love

It’s the slow fade of love

Baby, it’s the slow fade of love

It’s the slow fade of love

It’s the slow fade of love

It’s the slow fade of love

Slow fade of love

It’s the slow fade of love