Sorry for wasting your time   Five more months on the telephone line   Hours of asking if you were fine   And saying I was fine too   Sorry but I've got to go   The birth was quick but the death is slow   There was so much I didn't know   So much I never knew about you      And so we disconnect   The room grows quiet around us   It's called the life effect   Will it always surround us?      Who made you happy last night?   I don't know his name but Christ can he fight   As I fell he told me you had a light   A light that shone inside you      I found myself a decent man now   And I love him because I can   The bravest that I've ever been   Was when I ran away from you      And so we disconnect   The room grows quiet around us   It's called the life effect   Will it always surround us?      And so we disconnect   The room grows quiet around us   Nothing left to protect   The end has finally found us      The day is almost over   It's almost time for bed   So now you've finally lost me   Rest your weary head