Joy for the Sad Lyrics

You slipped off the social radar without a commotion or getaway car

Set off no alarms

No one noticed you'd gone

Spilled from a glass on newspaper, distorting the lines and mocking your maker

Be still and calm

Nothing can bring you more harm

He was sad in every other note of every song he wrote

He was sad in every other note of every song he wrote

What did you expect?

What did you expect?

He was too wrong to correct

I'm taking some notes at the altar, studying the figure for clues how he faltered

I'm getting it wrong - you can't put a life into song

So I'll listen to the sound of your scars in my imagination and wait for the dark

It's where you and I belong - people who can't lie at all

He was sad in every other note of every song he wrote

He was sad in every other note of every song he wrote

What did you expect?

What did you expect?

He was too wrong to correct

It's wrong, I know, to obsess so over such tragic sadness

And oh, although you tell me so I can't pretend to resist

He was sad in every other note of every song he wrote

So if you claim to love him so, why don't you let him go?

What did you expect?

What did you expect?

He was too wrong to correct.