A Man/me/then Jim Lyrics - More Adventurous - Rilo Kiley

I had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string 

His note said 

"If livin' is the problem, well that's just baffling." 

And at the wake I waited around to see my ex first love 

And I barely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was thinking of 

We sat quietly in the corner whispering close about loss 

And I remembered why I loved her, and I asked her why I drove her off 

She said 

The slow fade of love 

Its soft edge might cut you 

And our poor friend, Jim 

Well he just lived within 

The slow fade of love 

A woman calls my house once a week; she's always selling things 

Some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine 

And as I turned her down, I always do, there was something trembling in her voice 

I said 

Hey, what troubles you? 

She said 

I'm surprised you noticed 

Well, my husband, he's leaving, and I can't convince him to stay 

And he'll take our daughter with him, she wants to go with him anyway 

I'm sorry I'm hard to live with, living is the problem for me 

I'm selling people things they don't want when I don't know what you need 

He said the slow fade of love 

And its mist might choke you 

It's my gradual descent 

Into a life I never meant 

It's the slow fade of love 

I was driving south of Melrose; I happened upon my old lover's old house 

I found myself staring at the closed up door like the day she threw me out 

"Dianna, Dianna, Dianna I would die for you 

I'm in love with you completely, I'm afraid that's all I can do" 

She said 

"You can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, Jim 

But my mind is made up, and I'll never let you in again" 

For the slow fade of love 

It might hit you from below 

It's your gradual descent 

Into a life you never meant 

It's the slow fade of love