Why Would I Now? Songtext

von The Decemberists

Have I ever lost your way?
Have I ever left you waylaid?
Have I ever come unstayed?
Why would I now?
There were times I loathed your name
There were times I laid on the blame
There were times I brought on shame
But why would I now?
For I will never be your familiar soul
And I will never see your imperial hold
But have I ever stood back
And watched you fall?
Or ditched your call?
Or caught you bent around?
Why would I now?
Have I ever steered you wrong?
Have I ever strung you along?
Have I ever kept you long?
Why would I now?
There were times I broke through the walls
There were times I broke through it all
There were times it felt so hard
But why would I now?
For I will never be your familiar soul
And I will never see your imperial hold
But have I ever stood back
And watched you fall?
Or ditched your call?
Or caught you bent around?
Why would I now?
Though the years they may up-raid you
How it all nearly unmade you, laying down
Why would it now?
Remember when it all went dark
Remember went it first rent apart
Remember how I held my mark
So why wouldn't I now?
For I will never be your familiar soul
And I will never see your imperial hold
But have I ever stood back
And watched you fall?
Or ditched your call?
Or caught you bent around?
Why would I now?