I was searching through the record section   Of a shop in Birmingham   Trying to forget the news      But you know how things sometimes are   The fates conspire to   Remind you      'No Return' was its title   'No Return' like I'd said   'No Return', those searing words   Burning in my head      I'd come across a compilation   Called 'Blues in a Minor Chord'   As though you were there behind me      I'd turned it over to read the sleeve notes,   Credits in a daze   And a chill came up my spine      'No Return' was its title   'No Return' like you'd said   'No Return', those piercing words   Tattered in my head      And I'd said,   "The pain of being together   Is more than being apart"   I thought of you all December long   And now it's a New Year's start   "The loneliness of walking by your side   Is more than walking alone"   It's why I'm leaving      I let out a hollow howling   Falling terribly   Like wind escaping from a tube      I think they call it coincidence   Or something like deja vu   You never believe it 'til it happens to you      'No Return' was its title   'No Return' like we'd said   'No Return', like icicles   Falling through our heads      And I'd said,   "The pain of being together   Is more than being apart"   I thought of you all December long   And now it's a New Year's start   "The loneliness of walking by your side   Is more than walking alone"   It's why I'm leaving      It's why I'm leaving   It's why I'm leaving   It's why I'm leaving...