you and I did not use up (what we had)
I looked after (you) (myself)
you went through (who can know)
after you ran out (of time)
I turned down (sheets) (nothing)
I am getting on with (a new life) (a wife)
you made sure of (the setting sun in a crimson sky) (a watermark moon)
what can add up to (a memory) (forgetting)
I give back (what you gave me) (to someone else)
I do over (better) (with more or less heart)
let me spell out (guilt)
don’t look over (here) (at us)
I’ll go on (as long as I live)
and answer to (no one) (myself)
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