Belle and Sebastian
When You’re Not With Me
[Verse 1]
It's not a one-way conversation
But we speak a different language
Nothing's gonna change this situation
What is done is just the damage

[Verse 2]
Won't you stay around? I'll be out in the open
'Cause you're the light, I'm your shadow
We're not lovers, we're not fighters
You go on ahead, I will follow
Catch me in a beam, it's getting brighter
Won't you stay around? I'll be lost in the open

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Where do you run when nobody is calling?
Who's gonna taste my tears when they're falling?
I don't know how much longer you can stay around
Stay in my line of sight, I feel you

[Chorus]
When you're not with me
I can move my lips, but they don't make a sound
When you're not with me
Try to find my way back to solid ground
When you're not with me
Talking to the walls, but they don't hear a sound
When you're not with me
[Verse 3]
Come back to where it began
Holding on, holding on
So are we losing? Are we winning?
You and me, we grew up fast together
Is this an end or a beginning?
You're my shelter from the weather
Walls are falling down and the windows are broken
Say I'll see you 'round when I'm lost in the open

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Where do you run when nobody is calling?
Who's gonna taste my tears when they're falling?
I wanna hear you breathing in the dark night
Stay in my line of sight, I see you

[Chorus]
When you're not with me
I can move my lips, but they don't make a sound
When you're not with me
Try to find my way back to solid ground
When you're not with me
Talking to the walls, but they can't hear a sound
When you're not with me

[Bridge]
Would you allow me to try
Stop the clock, stop the clock?
And make a moment between
Tick and tock, tick and tock
Would you allow me to try
Stop the clock, stop the clock?
And make a moment between
Tick and tock, tick and tock
[Outro]
I've got nothing when you're not with me
I'm in trouble when you're not with me
I've got nothing when you're not with me