The Cat Lyrics

I'm so far away from you

I have crossed vast oceans blue

Searching for a calmer port

And I'm happy to report

That I'm in a better place

Thanks to some pure stroke of grace

Maybe I do not deserve this

Unexpected new curve

It's beneath you to care about

What I'm doing with my life now

For I'm just a ghost from your past

And I'm sure that I faded fast

I've got nothing to prove to you

I'm a cage from which you soon flew

And it was justifiable

That much is undeniable

I couldn't make you the one

But I got what I wanted

And I hope that you did too

Either way, though, I'm haunted

By all the harm that was done

Before I understood that

I could and should not change you

I guess that you were a cat

I did not appreciate

Until it was much too late

That your nature was to flee

You just wanted to be free

You could not abide my lines

Much less sweep my field for mines

Looking back, I can't believe

That such a web I could weave

You don't want to hear confessions

Or that I have learned my lessons

For this, I can hardly blame you

Getting that is far from my due

In this way, I will not bother

Because I adore another

So excuse this self-indulgence

Though I sing it with reluctance

I couldn't make you the one

But I got what I wanted

And I hope that you did too

Either way, though, I'm haunted

By all the harm that was done

Before I understood that

I could and should not change you

I guess that you were a cat

I am truly sorry, but I know

That you couldn't care less about me

On your list of thoughts, I am so low

If I'm even on there, I can't see

This is my punishment for my crimes

And as punishments go, it's not bad

And when I think back on the good times

I think it's okay that I feel sad

I couldn't make you the one

But I got what I wanted

And I hope that you did too

Either way, though, I'm haunted

By all the harm that was done

Before I understood that

I could and should not change you

I guess that you were a cat

I couldn't make you the one

But I got what I wanted

And I hope that you did too

Either way, though, I'm haunted

By all the harm that was done

Before I understood that

I could and should not change you

I guess that you were a cat

I could not change you