I was told To distance myself from a situation When it makes me nervous But I don't want distance When distance always seems to be the thing That comes and hurts us We can't win How can I feel alright When I'll hate myself for it? And this feeling In the back of my head since I woke up I can't ignore it You told me You wanted to spend some time alone I understood, but just wanted you here And when the bus went Past your house and past your stop and didn't stop My eyes filled with tears We can't win These nights staring at your back Have made me lonely We don't want distance But it seems to come to us so easily We can't win I was told To distance myself from a situation When it makes me nervous But I don't want distance When distance always seems to be the thing That comes and hurts us We can't win How can I feel alright When I'll hate myself for it? And this feeling In the back of my head since I woke up I can't ignore it We can't win Oh, we can't win We can't win You can't see through tired eyes We can't win Compare two nights by taxi price We can't win Look at your tired eyes We can't win Hanging on to the street lights