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