Minotaur

I saw you
With your ball of yarn
Looking for the exit
No story left except to leave
The slow burn to the winding down
An offer in a new town
And all that's keeping you is me

And you came by to get your clothes
And I gave you a speech in my notes
A list of reasons why you shouldn't go
Give things that finale vibe
But you never were a fan of my shows

And as you left you said
You can't spend your life
Lurking through the maze
You hate me if I go
But if I don't nothing'll change
I'll call up your friends
They can tell me when you're better
We can't be minotaurs in shopping malls forever

You saw me with the DVD
All the extras and behind the scenes
I'll try out every melody
Find the one you like so you won't leave

All the paintings in labyrinth
That we made when we were bored
All our scripts and grand adventures
We wrote lying on the floor
I've got half a dozen pitches
Storylines that mean you stay
But no matter what, you're leaving anyway

Saying you can't spend your life
Lurking through the maze
You hate me if I go, but if I don't nothing'll change
I'll call up your friends
They can tell me when you're better
We can't be minotaurs in shopping malls forever

Put the stereo down
Stay where you are
Don't make a speech or chase the car
Don't ask what now, you already know
There's no metaphor
You've got to let this go

If you ever mean to leave
Could you help me with this scene
Party where we met
No regrets like in the dream
I'll call up our friends
We can wrestle with the end, together
And let this minotaur be myth and nothing more
Myth and nothing more