It's easy in the confidence of a warm heart
to observe how other lovers criticise
When their turn comes to part
They grow uncivilised
Wasn't friendship going to carry us
When love ran out?
Didn't we know What respect was all about?

But now it would seem That's all forgotten
(I didn't want it to end like this)
And I don't even know (I didn't want it to end)
When we lost the way

Oh, no, no, no
Not me and you
Not we two
Oh, no, didn't we agree
Parting would be painless
Parting would be painless

I remember how in the safety of our love
We swore we'd never let that state arise
And if one had had enough
We would be civilised
By watching, we could avoid
The same mistakes

We would thread the soft way out For the other's sake
Can it be possible, is it happening this way
We are the same two people
Tearing up in anger
Tearing everything in complicated knots
Not caring, not giving, not giving a damn

Oh, no, no, no
Not me and you
Not we two
Oh, no, didn't we agree
Parting would be painless
Parting would be painless