A Gentleman
Fish Lyrics

Do you still keep paper flowers in the bottom drawer with your belgian lace
Do you still hold onto the past, cherishing items that hold no real significance or value to your present life?

Taking them out every year to watch the colors fade away?
Do you purposely go back to those items, acknowledging their slow decay and accepting that they no longer hold the same beauty they once did?

Do you still believe in fairy tales, in battlements of shining castles
Do you still cling onto unrealistic expectations of life, hoping for a perfect outcome that may never come to fruition?

Safe from the dragons that lie beneath the hill?
Do you convince yourself that you're immune to the harsh realities and struggles of life?

Are you still a russian princess rescued by a gypsy dancer
Do you still see yourself as the artist of an unattainable plotline, believing in the impossible?

To anyone who'll listen is that a story you tell?
Do you regularly share these grandiose tales with others, despite their dubiousness?

You live a life of fantasy, your diary romantic fiction.
Your life is built upon illusions and an idealistic view, portraying a version of yourself that is unrealistic and untrue.

Can't you see it's hard for me, can you see what I am trying to say?
Do you understand that it's difficult for me to express this sentiment, and can you see the underlying message I'm trying to get across?

It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll take on step to the side.
I'm attempting to politely remove myself from this situation and relationship, without causing any harm or insult.

Can you get it in your head I'm tired of dancing?
Do you comprehend that I'm exhausted from putting in effort to this connection?

For every one step forward we're taking two steps back.
For every effort we make towards progress or improvement, we end up coincidentally retracting that progress.

Can you get it in your head that from this one step forward there's no turning back?
Understand that once we decide to move forward, there's no possibility of changing our minds or backtracking.

I know you still like old fashioned waltzes
You still cling on to things and ideas of the past, despite their growing irrelevance in the present.

Your reflection in the mirror that you flirt with as you glide across the floor
You have a slightly narcissistic relationship with your reflection, often admiring yourself and your appearance solely for your own benefit.

But if I told you the music's over would you want to hear
If the reality that our relationship has reached its conclusion were presented to you, would you be willing to accept and hear me out?

That your dance card is empty that there's no-one really there?
There's no one left for you to dance and share life with.

Do you still believe in santa claus, that there's a millionaire
Do you still believe in unrealistic and fanciful ideas or hopes, such as the idea that there's someone out there with everything figured out for you?

Looking at your front door with a key to a life that you'd never understand?
Do you believe that someone else has the answers to what will make you happy in life, with no way for you to truly comprehend how to achieve this happiness on your own?

All I have to offer is the love that I have, it's freely given
The only thing I can give to you is my love, and it is given without any restrictions or requirements.

You'll see it's value when you see what I've tried to say.
Once you understand the message I'm trying to convey, you'll truly see the value behind my love for you.

We're finished dancing.
We've reached the end of our relationship, and there's no chance of reconciliation or reconciliation.