I've played off devastation
  I told you it didn't mean that much
  but this world keeps on closing in on me
  whenever we fall out of touch
    it's those subtle differences
  keeping up appearances for what?
  it gets the best of me
  sometimes it's better not to know
    I've tried so many times
  to tell you how I feel
  but forever's such a long, long time
  and this apology's for real
    now there's a time and a place for saving face
  there's a time when it's all too much
  through the hardest times
  through the thick and thin I've always played it off
  and kept my grin
  but this life's too short to waste on pride
  this is the time and the place for me
  to clean up my side