A Man-Me-Then Jim-Rilo Kiley

[ti:A Man-Me-Then Jim] [ar:Rilo Kiley] [al:More Adventurous] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Man-Me-Then Jim - Rilo Kiley (里奥·久利) [00:49.16]I had one friend in high school [00:51.41]Recently he hung himself with string [00:54.72] [00:56.85]His note said "If living is the problem [00:59.27]Well that's just baffling" [01:02.08] [01:05.45]And at the wake I waited around [01:07.58]To see my ex first love [01:11.07] [01:13.02]And I barely recognized her [01:15.33]But I knew exactly what she was thinking of [01:19.02] [01:21.15]We sat quietly in the corner [01:23.70]Whispering close about loss [01:26.58] [01:29.20]And I remembered why I loved her [01:31.58]And I asked her why I drove her off [01:35.01] [01:36.76]She said "The slow fade of love [01:40.58] [01:41.20]It's soft edge might cut you [01:44.82]And our poor friend Jim well [01:47.95]He just lived within [01:49.64]The slow fade of love" [01:52.98] [01:54.17]A woman calls my house once a week [01:56.73]She's always selling things [01:59.91] [02:01.54]Some charity a phone plan [02:03.97]Or a subscription to a magazine [02:07.23] [02:09.67]And as I turned her down (I always do) [02:12.17]There was something trembling in her voice [02:16.17] [02:17.67]I said "Hey what troubles you " [02:20.04]She said "I'm surprised you noticed [02:23.60] [02:25.98]Well my husband he's a-leaving [02:27.98]And I can't convince him to stay [02:31.79] [02:34.04]And he'll take our daughter with him [02:36.35]She wants to go with him anyway [02:39.92] [02:42.66]I'm sorry I'm hard to live with [02:44.85]Living is the problem for me [02:48.22] [02:50.29]I'm selling people things they don't want [02:52.95]And I don't know what you need" [02:56.64] [02:58.01]He said "The slow fade of love [03:02.20]And it's mist might choke you [03:05.71] [03:06.22]It's my gradual descent into a life [03:09.47]I never meant [03:10.84] [03:11.59]It's the slow fade of love" [03:15.15] [03:40.04]I was driving south from Melrose [03:42.54]I happened upon my old lover's old house [03:46.17] [03:48.04]I found myself staring at the closed up door [03:51.04]Like the day she threw me out [03:53.92] [03:56.66]"Diana Diana Diana I would die for you [04:02.10] [04:04.29]I'm in love with you completely [04:06.73]I'm afraid that's all I can do" [04:10.29] [04:11.85]She said "You can sleep upon my doorstep [04:14.79]You can promise me indifference Jim [04:18.73] [04:20.48]But my mind is made up [04:22.17]And I'll never let you in again" [04:25.60] [04:28.54]For the slow fade of love [04:32.60]It might hit you from below [04:36.85]It's your gradual descent into a life [04:39.73]You never meant [04:41.23]It's the slow fade of love [04:44.17] [04:44.73]It's the slow fade of love [04:48.10] [04:48.67]It's the slow fade of love [04:52.60]It's the slow fade of love [04:56.22] [04:56.85]It's the slow fade of love [05:00.41] [05:00.91]It's the slow fade of love [05:04.91]It's the slow fade of love [05:08.35] [05:08.98]It's the slow fade of love [05:12.48] [05:13.41]It's the slow fade of love