Watering Dead Plants

I know I left my dead plant On the kitchen window sill And I'd leave you to clean My mess again But sometimes the dust Isn't ready to settle No I'd rather wish it well Into the wind Just like the hours I spent Counting steps Left, right Left, right Just like the times I turned my head again Left, right Left, right Cause I thought I ran across The Atlantic Ocean But my feet haven't moved In two winters now The callouses fade away While I'm stood here watering dead plants The callouses fade away This room flooded A long time ago Hasn't managed to Wrap around my neck yet But the ink upon the papers Laid on the floor No but I can't read Those words anymore Just like the things You always lost All the time, the time The scratchy tapes you Always wished you could Rewind, rewind Cause you thought you Ran across the Atlantic Ocean But your feet haven't Moved in two winters now The callouses fade away While we're stood here Watering dead plants Sometimes we wish they would stay