Ages - I Swear I Saw You Wither Away lyrics

One mistake, and your face is facing away And I'm stuck pretending this time never happened I called your name But I swear I saw you wither away The sky had looked so bright But my conscience wouldn't let me look past black and white My conscience wouldn't let me picture you there Just like the rest of them All drowned out and black and white All alone, just like I knew you were It's the crossroads that had me believe that I keep having to look back It's the crossroads that had me believe that you were part of the reason why I could live life with open eyes I can't let myself get caught in between These past few months, rotting days on repeat I've been trying not to grit my teeth But the thought of a year just reminds me that you're leaving