Long Division

His head was a city of paper buildings And the echoes that remained of old friends and lovers Their features bleeding together in his brain Once it starts it's harder to tell them apart He was always distracted by the very mention of an open door 'Cause he has sworn not to be what he'd been before To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder The television was snowing softly As she hunted for her key She said, she never envisioned Him a type of person capable of such deceit And they carried on like long division 'Cause it was clear with every page Oh, that they were farther away From the solution that would play Out the remain, remain, remain remainder Out the remain, remain, remain remainder Out the remain, remain, remain remainder Out the remain, remain, remain remainder He has sworn not to be what he'd been before To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder