When I leave your postcode and your commuting station,
When I leave undone the things that we planned to do, You may feel you have been left by association, But there is leaving and there is leaving you. When I leave your town and the club that you belong to, When I leave without much warning or much regret, Remember, there’s doing wrong and there’s doing wrong to You, which I’ll never do and I haven’t yet, And when I have gone, remember that in weighing Everything up, from love to a cheaper rent, You were all the reasons I thought of staying And you were none of the reasons why I went And although I leave your sight and I leave your setting And our separation is soon to be a fact, Though you stand beside what I’m leaving and forgetting, I’m not leaving you, not if motive makes the act.
Sophie Hannah
Leaving and Leaving You
When I leave your postcode and your commuting station,
When I leave undone the things that we planned to do, You may feel you have been left by association, But there is leaving and there is leaving you. When I leave your town and the club that you belong to, When I leave without much warning or much regret, Remember, there’s doing wrong and there’s doing wrong to You, which I’ll never do and I haven’t yet, And when I have gone, remember that in weighing Everything up, from love to a cheaper rent, You were all the reasons I thought of staying And you were none of the reasons why I went And although I leave your sight and I leave your setting And our separation is soon to be a fact, Though you stand beside what I’m leaving and forgetting, I’m not leaving you, not if motive makes the act.