While you were gone I washed all the windows So I could get a better view of your return While you were gone I changed all the bed sheets So I could lie without the anger as I turned I reset the clocks so I could forgive you for being late But the moment I stop is the moment you tell me to have some faith To build a house on quicksand That's what you're asking me to do To give you the heart you've broken How can that feel alright to you? In the end I let the windows get dirty I couldn't stand to see your absence through the glass And in the end I learnt to sleep with the light off So tired from giving space to shadows of the past I reset the clocks so I could forgive you for being late But the moment I stop is the moment you tell me to have some faith To build a house on quicksand That's what you're asking me to do To give you the heart you've broken How can that feel alright to you? Do I wait for you? Does that comfort you? Do I see it through? Or do I walk on by? Can I flick a switch? And forget your name? Do I crawl right back? When I know that there's no safety in your home To build a house on quicksand That's what you're asking me to do To give you the heart that you've broken How can that feel alright to you? How can that feel alright How can that feel alright How can that feel alright to you