You come by my house the other day
Trying to explain all your mistakes away
I still come running when you’re knocking at my door
But I don’t want to hear your excuses anymore

And you say these are the elements of change
But those are just the words you say
As if your words could make the pain of loss go away
And I say, “I know what it is to be changed
It’s coming at me every day
And I refuse to be the one to run away, run away”

I still can change though you linger in my mind
‘Cause who I am is not entrapped by time
You do not hear these words that I now say
You only see me in the light of yesterday

And you say these are the elements of change
But those are just the words you say
As if your words could make the pain of loss go away
And I say, “I know what it is to be changed
It’s coming at me every day
And I refuse to be the one to run away, run away”