life, barefoot

you're still a pebble in my shoe, i don't know why i can't shake loose from you, i know that this is out of line, but is it so wrong just to pry?, i never threw them away, they're still inside that vault, the one i keep inside my mind, the one you knew about, no. she says she'll already know, exactly where i stand, don't make this more than it was, i don't think that i can, she says it's haunting her, i can't see how the beauty, of it all bleeds through, i led her astray, i let her walk a thousand miles, in the same pair of shoes, i hope you think i'm afraid, to walk back alone, i never threw them away, they're still inside that vault, the one i keep inside my mind, the one you knew about, no. she says she'll already know, exactly where i stand, don't make this more than it was, i don't think that i can, someday i'll make it back to you, and when i do, i pray you'll shut the door, trust me it won't hurt at all, i've already buried who i used to be, i never threw them away, they're still inside that vault, the one i keep inside my mind, the one you knew about, no. she says she'll already know, exactly where i stand, don't make this more than it was, i don't think that i can