There is a way subtle changes come to stay   Barely noticed and hardly known   One day you'll say "My situation's locked away"   But by tomorrow, you're all alone   It seems so sudden, but it's not, it's only grown   From a seed that long ago was left forgotten in the snow   And has a way with slow surprises on its own.      It's hard to show, but like a boulder rolling slow   Or a rumble deep in the ground   Things whisper low, and by the time I really know   What's been moving, they've settled down   Too late to see they're shifting 'round   Too late to say "There's bound to be another way"   It's all been said and done without a sound.      This comes to me, now that I begin to see   It's not dramatic, it's nothing grand   I used to be half the whole of you and me   Now I'm the limit of half a man   Seems so simple, nothing much to understand   You walked out and closed the door, said "I don't live here anymore"   Now nothing's hanging heavy in my hands.