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, oh-oh-oh
 And once it started, it was harder to
 Tell them apart, oh-oh-oh
 And he was always distracted by the very mention
 Of an open door, oh-oh-oh
 Because he had sworn
 Not to be what he'd been before
 To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
 To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
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 The television was snowing softly
 As she hunted for her keys
 She said she never envisioned him the type of person
 Capable of such deceit, oh-oh-oh
 Oh-oh-oh
 And then they carried on like long division
 As it was clear with every page
 Oh, that they were further away
 From a solution that would play
 Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
 Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
 Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
 Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
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 And he had sworn
 Not to be what he'd been before
 To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
 To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
 To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
 To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
 To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
 To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder