We were waiting as the summer was fading to fall
We had each other and nothing else really ever mattered at all
But things got out of hand
You made choices I still don't understand
And now I got my back up against the wall
And my back up against it all

I was hoping that you just might choke on your words
And I would watch you struggle while you murdered (?) something that's completely absurd
But it makes no difference now
We are fucking each other over somehow
But we all got our backs up against it

Oh, sweet suffering
I never get too far from that familiar state (?)
It don't matter if I hope or pray
It's always been the same for me
Oh, sweet suffering

Maybe in time we can find a way to make this right
I'm sure, I'm sure we will
But maybe tonight, I hope you hardly sleep awake
Maybe you think about the shit you put me through
By sitting there all alone tonight
With your back up against the wall
With your back up against it all