As sorry as it seems   It can be like it used to be   We live on broken dreams   We've given up on trying      The face I thought I always knew   The picture that I'd paint of you   Your crying eyes are lying      Can't you see the writing on the wall   Will the ghost from the past   Show us how it used to be   Draw the line on the things we said      Let them fade away   Now you'll see the writing on the wall   Oh yeah, everything that used to be   Is writing on the wall      All the time we fooled ourselves   Had some fun if nothing else   But, oh, our little world was dying      As sorry as it seems   It can be like it used to be   We live on broken dreams   We've given up on trying      Can't you see the writing on the wall   Will the ghost from the past   Show us how it used to be   Draw the line on the things we said      Let them fade away   Now you'll see the writing on the wall   Oh yeah, everything that used to be   Is writing on the wall