Happening Again

Upstairs in Sin É
Elaine, Al, and me
And two strangers
New Cork! New Cork!
Oh, it seems a lifetime ago
A punctured lifeboat
Floating in the time stream
Calling on me, kissing
Pouring down again

It's happening again
I wanted to be friends
But I barely see you, when
I do, it's all pretend
And that's OK, you know
I saw that the new snow
Covered up the ice below
But still I try to break it

She can't half delay
That's what Kim would say
And she makes it okay
Every single day
It was a bank holiday (I think)
When you left the fray
And I spent a lifetime
Trying to coax you back again
And the film canister's lost
But the memory remains
And if I get it back
I'll win a Silver Bear one day

It's happening again
I wanted to be friends
You know it's all pretend
You know it's all pretend
I'm lapsing in again
(I don't wanna talk about it)
With only me to blame
(But I find it easier to stomach when it's in a song)
It's not you anyway
(I guess I was wrong)
[?]
(I've been clinging on for far too bloody long)