Before It Breaks (with The Seattle Symphony) [Live at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA - November 2010]

(I digress)
(I think of Elton every time I sit down at a piano, to this day)
(That's what- that's what heroes are all about)

Around here, it's the hardest time of year
Waking up, the days are even gone
Will the collar of my coat
Help me? Cannot help the cold
Will the raindrops sting my eyes?
I keep them closed

I'm feelin' no pain
I'm a little lonely and my quietest friend
Have I the moonlight? Have I let you in?
Say it ain't so, say I'm happy again

Say it's over, say I'm dreaming
Say I'm better than you left me
Say you're sorry, I can take it
Say you'll wait, say you won't
You love me or you don't
I can make my own mistakes
And let it bend before it breaks

I'm all right, don't I seem to be?
Aren't I swinging on the stars?
Don't I wear 'em on my sleeve?
When you're looking for a crossroads
It happens every day
And whichever way you turn
I gotta turn the other way

And say it's over, say I'm dreaming
Say I'm better than you left me
Say you're sorry, I can take it
Say you'll wait, say you won't
Say you love me, say you don't
I can make my own mistakes
Learn to let it bend before it breaks

Say it's over, say I'm dreaming
Say I'm better than you left me
Say you're sorry, I can take it
Say you'll wait, say you won't
You love me or you don't
I can make my own mistakes
Let it bend before it breaks