Evil Quarter Mile

On the Evil Quarter Mile they have many words for love

Not all of them are just four letters either

You only knew the one but it was safe upon your tongue

'Till you swallowed it and whispered 'now it's over'

All of your different intonations required expert explanations

It still all sounds so foreign to me now

But before you take your aim

I will admit I was to blame

But permit me if you will this final vow

That I cannot forgive you

I can't forgive you

I won't forgive you

For letting me let you go

All of the millionaires and billionaires who stroll through Holland Park

They had no time for us and me not for them either

You informed me as you combed your hair

That the BBC had put you there

At the top of the spiral stairs 'till Easter

I watched the Holy Father's slow parade

Down The Mall it threatened rain

As helicopters swirled into the ether

You were sick outside a Mayfair bar

Your taxi didn't get that far

Down one-way streets that won't out-run your fever

I cannot forgive you

I can't forgive you

I won't forgive you

For letting me let you go

My confession confused you

Like it was designed to do

Everything I said that's true

Concealed a lie

You watered every bruise with tears

Flooded through the happy years

Ran alone but still you feared you'd finish last

I won't try to defend my pride or resurrect what's clearly died

Or subject you to my advances

I won't try myself to explain

It couldn't deaden any pain

And you never did believe in second chances

I cannot forgive you

I can't forgive you

I won't forgive you

For letting me let you go