And the flowers are wrinkled, and she, she still don't understand Just where a man can go Tears are no longer fallin', but what happens when the river dries, and leaves you dyin' inside But it's not her fault, but she, but she can't go on Thinkin' there's somethin' that she could've done, that she could've done And the song is slowly dyin' But you went so fast Why were we, why were we so unkind? Oh, and now there's no words to say that will ever change The way you took your life, with the slip of a finger And he looks in the mirror And it's filled with hate The enemy has so many times escaped But it's not his fault But he, no he can't go on Thinkin' that things could've been different If he'd have held his tongue And the song is slowly dyin' But you went so fast Why were we, why were we so unkind? Oh, and now there's no words to say that will ever change The way you went, the way you left this world And the song is slowly dyin' But you went so fast Why were we, why were we so unkind? Oh, and now there's no words to say that will ever change The way you took your life, with the slip of a finger