Background Noise

I walked out of the house, it began to rain

I got on a train, started thinking about being single again

I got off at the next station, went to Westfield

Trying to buy myself some time, but now I'm back here and I'm trying to explain

What brought me back?

Just a hunch

Just an inkling

Just a feeling

A suspicion

A compromise

Force of habit

But I got this feeling

Over years

Love turns into background noise

Like this ringing in my ears

Like the buzzing of a fridge

You only notice when it disappears

I got no evidence

Don't remember the first time

Or the last time

Or the way we got from here to there

Should I keep you at arm's length?

Too far away, I'll die of cold

Too close, I lose my teeth and hair

It's only real if you don't know where you're going

If you don't know what you're feeling

The afternoon sunlight in your hair

Feet on the moss

Jesus Christ now, what a feeling

How could I know?

Love turns into background noise

Like this ringing in my ears

Like the buzzing of a fridge

You only notice when it disappears

Love turns into background noise

Like this ringing in my ears

Like the buzzing of a fridge

You only notice when it disappears

No, no, no, no background noise

No more ringing in my ears

No more buzzing like a fridge

You only notice when it disappears