When It Goes

Nobody knows how she comes and goes The river might bend, but the road goes on I thought I had it figured out But then she comes along and she crossed it out I look into the mirror and I brush my teeth I spit into the sink, and then I think I'd better leave Thoughts of you are swimming 'round my head and then I cave Drained, I sink into the same routine I've known for days And all the time I wasted trying to be understood Took a note just to throw it away Man, don't it feel so good? You step into her room in the pale moonlight The seconds and hours passing by your eyes She said it once and you knew she would When it goes, when it goes, when it goes It's gone for good The rains been pouring all year long Don't think about it, think about it for too long The razor-sharp line that I tread You trip, and then you jump and then, the next, you're dead I'm walking past the pictures in the Hall of Fame You step a little closer, try to read a name And suddenly, I wake up in a cold, cold sweat I thought I had it made, but I ain't even started yet And all the time I wasted trying to be understood Took a note just to throw it away Man, does it feel so good? You step into her room in the pale moonlight The seconds and hours passing by your eyes She said it once and you knew she would When it goes, when it goes, when it goes It's gone for good I feel it in my bones, and it's crushing my heart My brain is alive and it lights up the dark Ah, you don't but you thought you would Ah, when it goes, when it goes, when it goes It's gone for good