Gracefully, gracefully I wanted to leave Gracefully, gracefully I wanted to leave But it ain't easy If somebody else isn't gone Honestly, honestly I told her before Honestly, honestly I told her before But it ain't easy If somebody else doesn't hear And it ain't easy If somebody else doesn't see How the traffic stalls, curtain calls Kept me away from facing it all
We've made it hard a world apart You're playing house and I'm playing Rock star It got cold and pale. Every nail Sealing me into a beautiful failure All the stones we might have thrown Were building up walls that kept me From saying Gracefully, gracefully I wanted to leave Gracefully, gracefully I wanted to leave But it ain't easy If somebody else isn't gone