How Long

Saw you in the street last night
While you were smoking in the orange light
I saw you smile and look up at the sky
You got me thinking about the freedom of the night

Days pass like an afternoon
With little effort and it's over soon
And in a week's time we are just the same
As when we started and we look out at the rain

I know there's a place that's filled with memory
I feel it drawing near as I fall into sleep
You've been trying to tell me something for so long
But all I ever heard was that something was wrong
When you're not with me I'm becoming someone else
And everyone is thinking everything at once
I can see you're trying not to let it show
You know it might be easier just to let me know

How long do you think we'll last
Until the snow melts and the winter's passed?
The things you thought but that you never said
Are gonna haunt us as we lie awake in bed

Wake up and it's all I feel
Is how I love you and I always will
We both are dreaming of a sunny place
For just a weekend, get some color in your face
And I don't wanna go home

I know there's a place that's filled with memory
I feel it drawing near as I fall into sleep
You've been trying to tell me something for so long
But all I ever heard was that something was wrong
When you're not with me I'm becoming someone else
And everyone is thinking everything at once
I can see you're trying not to let it show
You know it might be easier just to let me know